Thalidomide Research Paper

The Children of the Thalidomide “The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” -Anne Frank What I get from this quote is it's not about what you look like it's about what is on the inside of you. Sometimes you can't help what you look like just like the children of the thalidomide. This morning medicine has affected such a great amount of families from suffering from sadness and suffering from death. This “killer” was founded in German, affected so many infants and has been all over the world. You may ask what is thalidomide. Thalidomide is a drug that pregnant women would use for their morning sickness. This drug was taken by mouth which means it was in a capsule. Thalidomide became an over the counter drug on October 1, 1957. They actually have estimated stages and how it affected the baby on certain days. On the 20th day if being pregnant, it would affect the central brain area of the child. The 21st day damages the eyes. Next, is the ears and face that would be in the 22nd day. Arms and …show more content…
It affects the family and the child. Just like this, Jimmy lived in a small town and everyone knows what is going on. Jimmy's mother Samantha took thalidomide during her pregnancy. When Jimmys little brother Timothy was born with half an arm, his eyes were lopsided. His right side of his mouth was higher than the left side. Samantha, Jimmy's mother was so depressed and felt so bad she felt guilty for Timothy. She felt she did the wrong thing. All she wanted to do was help Timothy and spent so much of her time with forgot about Jimmy. Jimmy felt as if his mother did not love him anymore. Jimmy was getting bullied at school because of his little brother that he could not do anything about. After a few weeks the family was so devastated they lost their son Timothy. All over the world 10,000 cases only 50% of 10,000 survived. This was a major killed in the