Audrey Marie Frazier And The Birth Of Her Daughter

She was diagnosed with hypothermia and pneumonia. She stayed for a week in hospital, when she came back from hospital she asked for the window to be closed at 3pm and put on more clothes while she was in

“Postpartum psychosis is a severe psychotic syndrome that is estimated to occur after 1.1 to 4 of every 1000 deliveries. More than half of the affected women meet diagnostic criteria for major depression” (Weissman and Olfson 800). Postpartum depression is a further common mental illness than postpartum psychosis, however Margery Kempe displays serious symptoms. Several readers believe that Margery Kempe was a woman who devoted her life to God, however, after her first child was born Margery Kempe was recognizably sick due to the feelings that she should not live. In The Book of Margery Kempe, the first autobiography in the English Language, Margery Kempe displays the symptoms of hallucinations, crying episodes, and depression to show that she has postpartum psychosis.

After this episode a professor convinced her to go to the hospital and reluctantly she complied. This hospital did not take kindly to her psychosis and restrained her numerous times with straps. She had never been treated this way before and was confused and frightened. She later said for a hospital for the mentally ill it had been a brutal experience (157). She then was moved to a different hospital, memorial Unit 10 (MU10) where she was first diagnosed with “Schizophrenia with acute exacerbation” (167). Though she had finally gotten a diagnosis for her broken brain it seemed more like a death sentence than a diagnosis. She continued on with life in depression, psychosis, and denial.

Treatment was received only after acute illness had shown that medical attention was desperately needed. Mrs. Jackson is 69-year-old bedridden Jackie’s grandmother who has the worst health condition of the Banes family; she suffered from amputation of her legs because of uncontrolled diabetes. She spent more than 100 days in the emergency room, but doctors did not care for her real ailments. The ER doctors did not recognize Cora’s depression and it was around this time that Jackie experienced burn out and stated, “Sometimes it seems like mama might be better off

The doctors clear the family to take Lia home and be with her during her last days. Although Lia’s family devoted themselves to making Lia as comfortable as possible, and keeping her alive for decades longer than the doctors expected, her parents blame Lia's doctors for their daughter's prognosis.

At the age of 4, she knew something wasn’t right. Initially, she was told she was anemic and needed more iron in her body. Symptoms worsened, and it got so bad that her body wasn’t growing properly and she needed leg braces and physical therapy to help her walk. Her body just kept deteriorating and eventually, as just a kid, she was already saying her goodbyes to family members and friends; she was prepared to die.

health began to decline and she soon discovers that she has multiple conditions that “impact her

Gwen Zwanziger has been mourning the loss of her seventeen year old daughter for over a year now. Cause of death? The Flu. Gwen’s daughter, Shannon complained of having a sore throat, nothing out of the ordinary, one hundred and thirty of her classmates were out sick with the flu as well. She did not get her flu shot either. Shannon was given throat spray and bed rest until she felt up to par, except that never happened. Shannon was sick for about a week and progressively became more ill. Finally her father took her to the doctor while her mother stayed home to clean her room and change her sheets, to see if there was anything to help. The doctor brushed it aside and claimed rest was all she could do and the illness would pass in time. Later,

In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down author Anne Fadiman states her opinion about Lia Lee: "I have come to believe that her life was ruined not by septic shock or noncompliant parents but by cross-cultural misunderstanding." (1, p.262) I agree with this assessment. Fadiman does an excellent job of exploring all the many heart-breaking ways that the Lees and their doctors struggle with cultural issues. The Lee's and their doctors all wanted the very best care for Lia throughout every stage of her illness, but they could never quite agree as to what that encompassed. All too often each side thought they knew what was best and would work against the other to the detriment of Lia.

Heather Rose’s first patient is Camilla Loon. She comes for treatment with her daughter Naomi. To Heather Rose, “Camilla’s face was like a worn old leather purse without coins. And she opened her mouth; soft little noises came out, like coos from a dove. Her wooden leg was hurting her” (175).

One may believe that she did this in resort to protect the baby from the dangers of her depression. One opinion may be that she genuinely hoped for help so she would not be a threat to her child's life. The misdiagnosis of the doctor caused many unnecessary issues with Gilman. He claimed nothing was wrong, yet he ordered her to limit her hours of “intellectual life a day” and to never touch a pen, pencil, or brush again. Imagine “having millions of stories and images consume one's mind and nowhere to put them at”.

Grayslake, ILL, she was the second child out of four siblings (Frank, 1998). Soon after Ray

Throughout her stay, Deborah begins to form friends with the other patients, from which, her doctor leaves in the summer, as Deborah places the thought in her mind that she is dead. The

However, Melvin’s behavior did not change beforehand, despite going to a psychiatrist. Nevertheless, the type of therapy Melvin was receiving is unknown. The only clear treatment revealed for Melvin was medication. Additionally, Melvin’s symptoms of OCD were not apparently lessened until after meeting Carol. Therefore, positive prognosis after meeting Carol potentially resulted from the medication intake which was previously avoided.

Rhonda's sister became very sick in October 2001. She woke up with stomach spasms and could not walk. She suffered from constant pain that was severe. Rhonda talked about her sister's ordeal on her blog. Rhonda's sister had several muscle and tissue biopsies, and doctors still could not find out what was wrong.