Victoria Boals: A Character Analysis

Everything I knew of my character in my fourteen years of living at the time I met Victoria Lee Boals was hurled into an endless change on September tenth, 2013; the day I felt as though our worlds froze in fear together. The possibility of this being a subpar introductory to a consequential essay are probable, but there is no fancy language nor rhetoric that can do justice to what I have learned from the subject of this essay–Ms. Boals. Victoria Boals was diagnosed with an inoperable DIPG brain tumor in September of 2013. The uniquely, yet terminally placed tumor was situated on Victoria's brain stem, concluding to her surgeons that the tumor was immobile. The medical establishment gave her a death sentence–the surgeons did not know Victoria Boals. There is no
Purpose deeper than simply hanging out for fun came with our time together. Purpose to make something of our time and waste little of it. From my days prior to Victoria’s diagnosis, I had haphazardly gone through the motions of my young life. After her diagnosis, I knew that my purpose was to protect her and heal her as much as humanly possible. I spent everyday, whether in the hospital or at her house, trying to make her happy and hopeful for her future. I gained knowledge from Victoria and her family that this presence of mine was my vocation to become a pediatric nurse with the power to heal millions.
My passions of becoming a Pediatric Nurse developed after Victoria's diagnosis. I knew what I wanted to do with my life because of the days in which I spent caring for her and protecting her from this disease. I have been inspired to share this gift with what I hope to be countless other “Victoria’s” that I have the privilege of healing in the future. I will forever help others to love, hope, and take nothing for granted. Above all, I will honor Victoria Boals by vowing to never waste a moment of precious