Ninth Doctor

Since I got my first board game the year I turned three, my friends and family have never been able to escape my begging them to play “just one more time.” My favorite games have shifted over the years but my love for a puzzle never has. Junior year, I embroiled my family in a new sort of game: the game of my life and body. Unlike other games, it occurred on many levels, and everyone is on the same side. We are trying to figure out why I can’t drink. My inability to tolerate fluids baffles some…

to be so astronomically priced. A doctor who comes into your room for 15 minutes practically gets money thrown into his pockets, but for what? For telling you that you have to take some Tylenol and take a nap? Why does a test that takes 5 minutes cost 500 dollars? The United States Healthcare system needs to put together care at a more affordable cost or we all might as well pray for death sooner than later. Healthcare, including testing, medications, and doctor visits need to become priced…

It was 10:00 and my choices were to either live with the pain or overcome the fear of surgery. All of this was my decision and it was to overcome the fear of surgery. As the clocked ticked away and away I got even more nervous for what was about to happen. I was sitting in the waiting room and ring, went the phone and that means it's my time to go back and get ready. My mom started telling me that it will be ok, and I started to believe her, but when we got to the Hospital I lost hope. The…

No matter where you go, there is no escaping it. It is in the air you breath, the food you eat, and the drinks you share. The freshman plague is among us. Walk into any class across campus and you will hear an echo of coughs and sneezes, the signs that the plague has hit us hard. I am sad to report that I too have been affected by the plague. Two weeks ago I woke up with a sore throat and by the end of the day I felt as though I had been hit by a bus. By last Saturday I thought that I had…

or without a law. Before laws were implemented, doctors could take from their patients as they pleased. While there are many issues surrounding the use of human cells and tissues in scientific research, the main issue surrounds that of morality and subsequently, ownership and consent. It is unethical to perform scientific testing on a fetal…

Old Davis Hospital Leonardo da Vinci said “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” I am sharing this quotes to tell you about the Old Davis hospital in Statesville, North Carolina. The Old Davis hospital is a hospital that was abandoned sometime around 1980. This hospital had potential until its founder passed away on the hospital grounds. Within the the hospital you can see rust eating away at the cold metal equipment that used to save lives. You can smell and also taste the mold that’s…

I still remember the day like it happened yesterday, the day I broke my ankle. I can still recall the popping sound my bone made when it snapped in two, and the immediate rush of pain that swarmed my body. This was the first time, and hopefully the last, that I’ve ever broken a bone; the incident occurred about five years ago during the summer, and is still one of the most painful moments of my life. I immediately went to visit an orthopedist, who, upon the first examination assured me I…

was in the hospital for a week.Then was released with asthma , a few months went by and I kept coughing and coughing up everything I would drink. So my mom took me to the doctors on May 26, 2010. I will never forget this day I went to the doctors they ran many many tests on me everything came back normal but my mom told the doctors “something's really wrong with my son“ so then they ran some more test and found out that every time I would drink it would go straight to my lungs i was basically…

The Detectives In the drama play “Trifles,” Minnie Wright is accused of killing her husband, Mr. Wright, in a brutal fashion by strangling with a rope in the middle of the night. The men, George Henderson, County Attorney; Henry Peters, Sheriff; and Lewis Hale, Wright’s neighbor are all trying to find a motive to put Mrs. Wright in jail for the crime, but the real detectives are the women, Mrs. Hale, Mr. Hale’s wife, and Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff wife. In the play, the women are the main two…

a low cast group. My family gave me the opportunity; now I want to use this opportunity to study medicine so I can give back to my family by aiding or at least providing guidance for their health. However, coming to this firm decision to become a doctor took a gradual process. When I was 9 years old, I always wanted to be a spy or detective because I loved the innovative gadgets spies used. However, seventh grade open doors to the field of science. From then, I wanted to pursue a career that…