Staph Infection Research Paper

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Recently, I have the worst two weeks of my life. I got my ears pierced and somehow I ended up getting a staph infection. On the way to the doctor, a truck ran into my car, ruining two doors and leaving it undrivable. Then a few days later, I was admitted into the hospital with a severe allergic reaction to the medicine I was taking for the staph infection. The rash did not go away for two weeks, leaving me extremely itchy. These past two weeks of bad luck taught me a valuable lesson about life. No one cared that I had a staph infection, I got into a car accident, or even cared I could have died because of an allergic reaction. I still had to show up to class everyday and preform well on exams and quizes. Dealing with the past two weeks, has

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