As the end of class bell was ringing one day in 7th grade science class, I started feeling a little funny. Not the kind of funny you get in junior high when the girl you have a crush on sends you a note, but more like the strange feeling you get the first time the dentist gives you laughing gas and the world starts becoming more and more distant a n d  d r e a m l i k e. . .

The peripheral vision on my right side started to become sparkly and slowly started disappearing. The students were all getting up to leave for the next class, and I carefully started to follow along as best I could, still feeling spaced out and now unable to see to my right.