Gastric Ulcer: A Short Story

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“This is for you own good, Andy!” I must have heard this from my mother more than one million times. To me, her nagging was like a whispering breeze. All I did was to ignore it. Just a week ago, I opened my heavy and messy drawer when I noticed an old and wrinkled photo slipping on the floor. It was a family picture taken more than 5 years ago. My parents, especially my mother looked dead serious. The photo somehow reminded me of my recent visit to a hospital where I was treated for my Gastric ulcer. I realized that behind my mother’s stern and annoying voice, there is also the unconditional love that she will give to her children. On February 8, 2016, the first day of our Chinese year, I was alone with my brother in Canada. It is an important …show more content…
I was disappointed when I noticed that my mother did not come. “Do I mean anything to her?” I started to complain to my two visitors. Obviously, I was mad. However, the doctor came to see me and told me I was ate too much spicy food, it cause damage in the digestive system. “an ulcer is an area of open sores where tissue has been destroyed by the gastric juices and stomach acid.” and arrange for me to do the surgical operation at afternoon. When I get in the operating room, I feel I’m in limbo. I was nervous flurried, uneasy and pray. I do not like my mother, but I want the person beside me in the operating room was mu mother, it is very perturbed to me. After a while, the nurse give me a mask to breathe anesthesia. Gradually, I fell in sleep. When the surgical operation was done it
Li 3 was three hours passed, it was 6:00pm at night. The nurse wake me up, and told me the operation was very successful, no need worry. When I try to move, I realize the IV(intravenous) tubes are inserted into my nostrils and stomach. I saw so many appliance around me for checking my condition. After a while, I had been push in to a ward. Beside me was a empty sick bed and some moaning patient. Just like reflect of in the depth of mu heart. I t was inanity and lonely. However, the anesthesia still continue, I fell asleep very
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Li 4
“I was living in a single Family. I was lack of maternal love from childhood, my mother was pass away when I was born.” Andy said: “In school, I always got scoff in school by does not have a mother. I become a special children to other children.” In his description he is very suffering. I saw his teardrop falling from his eyes. But in the dialogue, he makes me shock. “Even though it brings me a lot of sorrowful and painful, but I never hate her. Instead, I’m very grateful she born me out, give me a life to living in this world. I’m gratitude to her.” “ Andy( me), I think your eyes get hoodwink, you should not envy to your mother. A mother never abandon their children. Maybe she try to convey her love to you in a way that you don’t accept. But your mother are loves

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