Call the Doctor

If you could have surgery to help accomplish obstacles in life and all your life dreams, would you? In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. A 37 year old man named Charlie Gordon has always had a large obstacle in his life which is a mental disability. Having mental disability makes him not as smart and he has a very low I.Q of 68. So, he goes to get an A.I surgery to make Charlie triple his I.Q in size. So then he can get smarter and have more friends. And…

were fun even though I started off the break with the flu. I started to feel bad right after school was out on Thursday. I had a fever and my body felt like it was weighted down with bricks. My mom took me to the doctor on Friday and I tested positive with the flu. The medicine that the doctor had put me on was called Tamiflu and it was supposed to help make the flu not last so long. Unfortunately, the medicine made me even more sick. I am not very good at taking pills so we had to break open…

His howl strikes me like a clap of thunder, reverberating from my ears down to the bottom of my stomach and prompting glances from all corners of the Cardiac Care Unit. His face is worn—a map of wrinkles carved deep into his skin—and he is dying. I dash behind the head nurse, keeping pace as we rush to his aid. “He really needs someone to talk to,” she reveals, as we enter the patient’s room. The face before me is petrified. As I pull up a chair, his hands shoot up, his eyes fill with fear, and…

shows us how greed and materialism is working with the doctor, the pearl buyers, and the priest. The doctor is a character in The Pearl who is very different than other doctors. Most people think of doctors being nice, caring, and trustworthy. The doctor in this story is very cruel, racist, and greedy for money. He only helps people of his race and people with a lot of money. When Kino first sees the doctor without the pearl, the doctor sends his servant out to Kino and tells Kino that…

Medicine – The first doctor that was known…

Towards the end of February and almost of the middle of March I became very sick, lethargic, and fatigued, which prompted me to go to the emergency room. I was found to be very dehydrated and a test was positive for pregnancy. The doctor had to prescribe medicine for nausea because it was so bad it was hard for me to function at work and trying to complete school work. Next, my other two children were sick a week apart from each other and were sent home from school for a week. With…

Matt Todd, a rugby player from New Zealand, suffered a hand fracture in an August 27 game. His team, Canterbury, was playing against another New Zealand team, Otago. While Todd finished the game, a visit to a specialist the day after the game confirmed that he had fractured his left hand. Todd is expected to be unable to play for at least a month. His injury came at an especially disappointing time since New Zealand is currently participating in the Rugby Championship, an annual rugby…

there is no medical documents saying you cannot come back.” So I set up an emergency check up with the family doctor, and got in the next afternoon. When I arrived in the waiting room I was called back to see my doctor almost immediately. This time no nurse came in to take vitals or ask questions as I had been in there several times about my injuries over the last month or so. When my doctor walked…

play again became a reality, but I honestly wasn't sure what I was going to do. I had learned how to be happy without lacrosse, something I never thought I would be able to do. Being told I could go back with no guarantees was extremely hard. The doctors did not know if my shoulder could handle the amount of stress that I would put on it, or if I would be the same player I was previously. I decided to play again and ended up with recurrent muscle spasms requiring another hospital stay and nerve…

He woke with a start. Opened his eyes and stared into pitch darkness. His iris dilated to allow more light. The cold, damp floor under him jerked him to reality. The familiar smell of urine was unmistakable. Unit 632. How long had he passed out? He tried to sit up but a gut wrenching pain sent tingles to his brain from his lower left thigh. He winced and pulled out the hilt of something that felt like a broomstick poking him from where he laid. He was alive. He didn’t know whether that was…