Call the Doctor

“Good bye honey, I love you!” called Mrs. Stromson. Maria burst through the rickety screen door, and started off for school. She departed her house 15 minutes later than she normally did, and was in a hurry to reach class on time. The casual three mile walk had now turned into a three mile dash. Maria had never been tardy to class, let alone even missed a day! She glanced down at her watch, “I have 4 minutes to run ¾ of a mile, and to be in class.” Maria huffed and puffed as she rounded the…

while, I learned there was no point in flinching when the needle hit my skin. With each test, I would suffer from severe headaches, rashes, joint swelling and pain. Each doctor gave me a new diagnosis of what could be wrong with me. These opinions ranged from allergies, cancer and even a brain tumor. After years of doctor visits, numerous appointments in both Children's Hospital of Denver and Jewish National Hospital, a common source to my illness began to emerge. I have a systemic allergy…

In this case, we usually refer to these people at work as “book smart only.” By comparison, we can be introduced to Suzy the Nurse Supervisor and not realize she is just as smart as the doctor, she is standing next to with her IQ and all the knowledge that she has acquired from being present to hear, see and listen through her over ten years of on the job experiences but lacks the credentialing of a physician. Further, as we read Chapter…

I am sorry that I missed your cal'ls today. Im not long home with Eti in bed. I spoke with Sally Glossop today and she advised me to keep Eti out of school untill after half term. She thought that it would cause far to much anxiety to come to school at a time like this. I must say that I do agree with her and so would anyone else that is working with Eti on a mental/ medical level. I know you need your attendence numbers up and you need to keep ofsted happy but I must put Eti first. As you…

story, the doctor is perceived in a way of being a lower class. The doctor becomes frustrated with the patient parents because, of how they treat him. William Carlos Williams, in the story “The Use of Forces,” the doctor states “when I arrived I was met by the mother… very clean and apologetic who merely said, Is this the doctor?” (paragraph 2). This quote shows how the lady and the doctor are, from two different classes. The lady also questions the doctor, as if, he was not the doctor. A sense…

The “Y” Scar It all started January of 2008, when I had to get stitches in the bottom of my right foot. At the time, I was six years old in kindergarten and it was the week of winter break. I was with my dad and my three siblings Brianna, Andrew and Garett. We all were at his girlfriend Suzie’s house. Maggie, which is Suzie’s daughter, Brianna, and I were all playing outside in the snow on the playset when we found a purse. We wanted to know what was inside but we couldn’t because it was…

I was getting ear infections so bad, I would lay on the couch crying for hours because of how bad my ears hurt. My parents would take me to the doctors at least 2 times a week. The doctors didn’t believe me. Before they even looked in my ears, they would tell my parents I was exaggerating. When I told them my pain was a 100, they told my parents it was actually probably a 2. One day, though, they looked in my ears, and realized I didn’t have any eardrums left, in either of my ears. They spent…

pain and discomfort. As the nurse called my name I got a sick feeling in my gut and knew this wasn't going to end well. As I got examined I could do nothing but worry. “It’s a sprained ankle, I would give it about three weeks to recover,” the doctor…

small town couple in Alabama, this had to be learned the hard way. Vicky Thompson was a tan and dark haired girl at the conflicted age of 16. She had deep brown eyes. She loved mud riding and adored her boyfriend, Walt Green. Vicky was what you could call a firebrand, always getting into scuffles with her schoolmates, which would occasionally turn into a physical confrontation. The front office was her home away from home. Walt Green, on the other hand, was quieter and was known to avoid…

isolation. Once Dr. Fletcher supported Zelig and decided to be the one to cure him, she succeeded in “transcend[ing] the thought patterns of [her] society” (Fromm). Dr. Fletcher transcended society when she diagnosed Zelig differently from the other doctors. She was ridiculed simply because she was a woman, but she stood by her thoughts. This action suspended her out of society, just like Zelig. Then, Dr. Fletcher figured a solution to his fear of isolation by physically isolating him in “a…