Doctor-patient relationship

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…

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…

Seventh grade has been a mix of amazing and crazy. You might be wondering why I don’t have a chapter for sixth grade. In fifth grade, I had expressed how I felt bored and that school work was too easy. My mother took this into account. She talked about it at conferences with my fifth grade homebase, Mrs. Breza. Then, my mom introduced the idea of skipping a grade. I knew there had been students that have skipped before me, but I never thought of the idea for myself. The school was hesitant to…

blank white walls surrounding me, my anxiety only grew. Why am I here? The question haunted my mind as my solid white shoes tapped softly on the monotonously grey floors. My green eyes landed back on the paper in my hand, reading the words again. Patient 7539, please report to clinical area 3 for a checkup at 6:30am. There were no “checkups” in that godforsaken place. Although they’d renamed the Asylum to be called a “State Hospital” long before I’d arrived, most of the people here called…

filled with new experience and knowledge of a completely new lifestyle, I continued to do physical therapy every day, every week for months working the muscles back into my leg. This continued for about two months until one day I went back to the doctor for a routine checkup on my progress. I sat there on the moderately comfortable, dull, paper covered, table and he gave me very simple instructions. Put one foot in front of the other-- something so simple, something I had taken for granted for…

My eyes begin to open very slowly, as I had more eye boogers than Donald Trump has money. I can’t seem to focus on anything in the nearly all white room I am in. As I try to rub my eyes, I realize I am tied down to a small, cold, metal table with no sense of where I am. I begin to panic as and attempt to break out of the extremely tight bright orange zip ties and cold metal handcuffs I am locked into. Screaming at the top of my lungs for help, I pissed off who was ever holding me as hostage, as…

It was a cold night in Linesville Valley. The sky was a very dark blue and calm, with a few sparkling stars. There were no birds chirping, no cars roaming the old streets. Downtown, many people were in the large Quentin’s Movie House, watching the monster movies Them! and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Suddenly, a sound was heard. It wasn’t some cheap fifties’ gimmick; it was something real. It was heard by everyone in town. Families tried to adjust the antennae of their static-stricken sets.…

After all the years training I experienced a day no athlete wants to experience. I was having a pretty good game. But then I remember falling and agressivly screaming for help. I was stunned for a while and I felt as if the world stopped for a minute. I looked at my leg and it was twisted in the opposite direction as if I broke it. I couldn’t believe my own eyes. I was getting so anctious as if my heart was about to jump out of my body. My coaches and mom both sprinted over to me but they didn't…