Call the Doctor

monster on your back for years does it stay scary? This being’s name is Dysautonomia or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS, she has many names; sometimes I call her “Hell”. The first year, when I did not know her name, was the most challenging. I had headaches and episodes of what my mom called “auroras” every day. Doctor after…

necessarily scared of the doctors or nurses but I just watched a whole season of Grey’s Anatomy before my surgery so in my mind, the simplest surgery can end in death with one mistake. The gown was very plain and open in the back, not the cutest thing in the world but it does come with some pretty snazzy socks. Chills crept upon me when I saw my nurse brought in the equipment for an IV. The clear slushy substance hung from a stand with wires going…

“So he can talk after all.” (page 120) is what the nurse said the moment Dally and I came in, after having Johnny slightly opening his eyes and faintly saying, “Hey guys.” I was so happy to see that despite Johnny’s body dying and falling apart, his soul was complete and full of the Johnny I always knew and loved. I quietly moved to the side and whispered to the nurse, “How’s he doing?” I knew that in that moment I was to expect the worst, but I just needed a hint of reassurance…

Imagine this, you are about to become a big brother/sister, and you are anxiously waiting for the doctor to come out and tell you it is time to meet your little brother/sister. You are feeling overwhelmed with excitement and nervousness. Finally, you walk into the hospital room, and you hear your mom and dad crying. You realize you don’t see the baby anywhere around the room. You ask what is wrong, and they tell you that after the baby was born, it died shortly after from a disease that could…

Heartbeat racing, hand getting sweaty and ears turning boiling hot. Out of the blue, I hear “it’s pancreatic cancer”. I sat there anxiously tapping my feet on the hospital floor. I see my mom talking to the doctors with a perturbed face. Shocked and horrified as I am sitting there thinking “there has got to be something I could do to help”. My father was going through one of the top four dangerous cancers in the world. After hearing the news all my father cared about was fighting cancer.…

“Ahhhh! Help! Someone, please… Can someone call an ambulance?” As I was slowly bleeding out, this nice man had come over and had called an ambulance. After a few minutes I started to lose consciousness, and I eventually passed out. “Where am I?” yelled! The doctor replied, “You’re in a hospital.” “What happened?” I softly asked. He replied saying, “Well you got hit by a car while you were riding your bike, and you had some minor head injuries. But it’s nothing to worry about.” “Oh,” I replied.…

casualties that day. I am extremely lucky that I was on a low floor so I jumped out, and only broke my leg. First Responders were all rushing to the scene. Ambulances were everywhere rushing people to the hospital. Everybody in the city was there! Some Doctors put me on a paramedic bed and applied a cast to my broken leg. After a couple of days, the scene seemed to clear out a…

was run suicide drills. That is running up and down bleachers we also ran a mile every other day of practice. She also talks to us one on one she motivates us as a team not individuals. Her character is loud and out spoken she would call you out at any time. We won most of our games when she was coaching. Miss. Candy drove a monte Carlos of course it was black to match her hair. Miss. Candy job was to motivate us to develop teamwork through good teaching and coaching skills. I…

For an hour I was helping him turn the truck on and off to hopefully have it turn on, but we had no luck. After about an hour and a half of sitting in the dentist parking lot trying to turn on the truck. “Dad, just call…

situation. The doctor rushed in and checked my cervix. “That is the cord. Not the baby” A feeling of pure panic filled the room. I knew it was a cord prolapse. She tried to push the umbilical cord back up into me, but the baby’s heart rate dropped again. She looked at my husband and yelled “Ryan, push that red button on the wall now!” I knew what was about to happen, but I was convinced my husband had no idea the course of action that was about to take place. About 30 doctors and nurses…