First Doctor

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…

either the hand colliding with an object or something being dropped on the hand. In quick-paced sports, this may even include someone falling and another player stepping on the fallen player's hand. Of course, any hand injury is going to hurt at first, but just because it is painful does not necessarily mean you have fractured your hand. It may just be bruised or otherwise injured. Signs of a potential hand fracture include swelling around the area of the injury as well as the hand looking…

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…

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…

Morgellons disease has attracted attention since 2002 because there are many people complained of itching with no known definite causes. In 2002, a mother from Pittsburgh named Mary Leitao is launching a website that shows cuts in the skin and structures such as filaments or fibers in the skin of her son who was 2 years old. Since then nearly 14,000 families reported the same case, the condition is referred to as Morgellons disease. Morgellon's disease is a condition that is very controversial…

holding me as hostage, as I heard them scream at me to shut up. I hear the big white metal door creak open, and see an extremely tall and well built man, with short black hair, and a doctor’s mask on. My vision is starting to become more clear, and the first thing I was able to focus on was the clear trash bags full of what looked brand new Nike shoes as the mysterious man swung it down towards my face with more force than a pitch from Randy Johnson.…

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…