Nacogdoches

all of that done, I had to do a six month food journal and monthly doctor appointments. Then we had to get appointments with heart, lungs, blood pressure and other types of doctors. It was a long hard process going all around Carthage, Tyler, and Nacogdoches. I had so many doctor appointments, I had at least two a week. Two weeks before the surgery I had to do a liquid diet with protein shakes and anything liquid. I had to start on vitamins and get used to them for after the surgery. A few…

I. Attention-getter: “Imagine this, you and your friend are walking down the brick streets of downtown Nacogdoches in the spring. A slight breeze comes through, and you smell a hint of Mexican culture. You take a deep breath in and begin to follow your nose, which leads you to a small local restaurant. You walk in and are submerged in different scents. You and your friend decide to take a seat and sit for a spell. As your eyes graze over the menu, you munch on some chips and salsa. You order…

Medical Info: B.W. has dementia, Gerd, glaucoma, hypertension, diabetes, macular degeneration, osteoarthritis, and she had breast cancer and had a mastectomy. Life Story: B.W. is an eighty-six year old female that has been living at the Arbor since June 10th, 2014. She likes her room to be dark and quiet, that is how she feels happy, and this was the experience I got from my visits with her. The first day I asked if I could turn the light on and she said yes, but immediately wanted it turned…

Every kid growing up heard the old stories of cowboys. The cowboys are still there but not every kid knows the newer versions. Kids still today want to be their own little version of a cowboy. Currently, kids do not understand the true meaning behind being a cowboy. “You cuss the hot, and the cold. But something always keeps pulling you back” (McDowell, 1972, p. 36). During the day, cowboys asked themselves over and over what made them do these tasks some considered dangerous or even idiotic.…

Report on “The Murder of William Marsh Rice” and The Spindletop Oil Gusher The purpose of this report is twofold: to discuss the novel “The Murder of William Marsh Rice,” by Paul Spellman and to discuss the Spindletop Oil Gusher, one of the significant Texas history events that serves as the backdrop for the story. The book is a fascinating combination of fiction and history. Though the main character and others are fictitious, the events that happen around them—the Great Galveston Hurricane,…

Weber, David J. The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846, The American Southwest Under Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1982. In The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846, The American Southwest Under Mexico, Dr. David J. Weber takes readers on a well-versed journey through what would become much of the United States’ held, American southwest. After completing the enormous task of pulling together, sifting through, and analyzing for veracity and applicability, literally dozens of…

A. Summary of my experience My first experience in the wheelchair was Sunday September the 25th when I made a trip to Wal-Mart in Nacogdoches. I got out of my truck and walked to the back and let the tailgate down. I then retrieved the wheelchair out of the back of the truck and then sit down. There was five people standing four cars up from where I parked. They glared at me and I knew what was going through their minds, as I passed I could hear them talking although I do not know what was said…

Assignment 3 Four years ago one out of every five children went hungry because of lack of food in their household. As every year comes and goes that number slightly increases as our population increases. This is not only a big city issue but it is also a small town issue that is being addressed not only by small town governments but by Federal and State level governments. Because hunger is such a huge issue it is important that we, as social workers, begin to look into the problem on a deeper…