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endure the pain but soon after I could feel sudden bolts of sharp pain. I knew I wasn't ready just yet. But, I knew I needed to keep working on my ankle. By the time I knew it, three weeks had come by quickly. The day had come that I had worked so hard to accomplish. Pouring every last drop of adrenaline into my tryouts. We were all going to find out if we had made the team in a week. Everyday I had checked my email scared yet excited. The day had finally come with an email with the subject of…

From the distance I saw lights spinning in the dusk, I heard a tune as if someone was waiting anxiously for a jack in the box to pop out, and the smell of fresh popcorn found its way to my nose. At age nine these sights and sounds were part of movies and television, but now almost ten years later I was heading to my first American fair. Jitters that seemed to be stuck in my lower stomach while I restlessly waited in a long line to enter the fairgrounds resembled the feelings I had the first…

The girl hid behind her black shawl as he slowly made his way to the stand. The deafening silence made her cringe inside, her mind succumbing to the dark thoughts lurking in the corners. On her left, a ginger boy dusted in freckles had fallen asleep, oblivious to the tension in the room. On her right, an elderly woman clutched on to the cross hidden under her neck, muttering in an unknown language as if she could ward off the demons masked behind human faces with a single chant. She could tell…

things. But the gapping grin that revealing those teeth was anything but friendly and Marley felt quite partial to the meat attached to his old bones. From the creature's back a pair of tattered membranous wings unfurled, and Marley dodged to his left as it feinted forward testing his reflexes. The master runesmith swung his staff with the accuracy of one more use to wielding a hammer than a long stick. The tip of the wood whistle harmlessly passed its head and the creature snarled, saliva…

floors. Her feet are bare. In her right hand she holds a small bouquet of flowers fading. Her eyes closed with white kerchief around her head. The picture does not show what happened to the girl angel. Upon closer inspection a viewer notices that the left wing of the angel at the bottom is slightly torn. Bright white wing slightly stained with blood. The overall feeling of the painting is peaceful and melancholic. Hugo Simberg never disclosed what was the painting about. Does it represent the…

“Amigo Brothers” What is the Golden Glove Champions? Antonio and Felix both love boxing but they both have different boxing skills. Antonio and Felix are both seventh years old. They lived in the lower east side manhattan in the same tenement building. Antonio and felix both dreamed of becoming lightweight champions. When they work out, they both wear sweat shirts, shorts , towels and handkerchiefs apache style around their forehead. They both dreamt positive. they usually work out at” Boys…

Right knee pain. ICD-9 - 719.46 SUBJECTIVE: The patient is an 18-year-old female referred to physical therapy secondary to right knee pain. The patient reports the date of onset was approximately two months ago. She reports her symptoms came on after running on the treadmill and since then her symptoms have somewhat persisted, however, she reports her pain is almost completely gone. She just has what she calls muscle tightness. X-rays were performed, which were negative. The patient…

Theresa, I remembered in our Med-Surg 1 when we were learning about MI, professor Teri Reynolds taught us a acroyname that helped the class to remember immediet treatment for MI, which is MONA and it stands for morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, and aspirin. It does not need to be in the same order, but it is want you administer for a patient that is experiencing MI. After a patient is stable from a MI, it is very important to assess and provide intervention to the patient to prevent for future…

Sarah is a 27yo, G1 P0, who was seen for an assessment due to a diagnosis of increased intracranial pressure. In talking with the patient, she overall sounds as if she was asymptomatic but she had an ophthalmology exam that revealed some swelling of the optic nerve. She then had an MRI which suggested increased intracranial pressure and she was treated with acetazolamide. Since she has had a positive pregnancy test she has stopped the medication and states that she feels perfectly fine. She…

The game is tied. My team has just gotten the defensive rebound, and I have twenty seconds to score and win the game. I have decided to pick my own pick up team for the game vs my online opponent. NBA 2k15 is a competitive game, so winning this game is essential. Using past and present players, I chose Michael Jordan and LeBron James, arguably the two best players on the game. The clock is running down. I need someone to take the ball and win this game for me. The question remains, who should I…