Case Study On Pigeon Toed

Nursing diagnoses for Jeanette include low self esteem and disturbed body image related to negative feedback from peers. At school, the other students make fun of her because she is so skinny. She is called spider-legs, skeleton girl, and pipe cleaner. She hides in the bathroom during lunch to avoid being teased by the other students. She also tries to fashion her own braces out of wire because she has buckteeth and knows that her family can not afford braces.

I grew up, as a child, normally like everyone else. In the fifth grade there was this girl in my class who, may I say, looked like The Hunchback of Notre Dame. At least that’s how I would have described it when I was that age. I used to feel really sorry for her because people bullied her for looking the way she did. I didn’t know the condition she had until two years later when I was diagnosed with the same thing. I was diagnosed with scoliosis—a sideways curvature of the spine—it was only mild, so there was nothing to be concerned about. As my body grew, the curves in my back increased to the point where the only option to slow their progress was for me to wear a back brace. The brace that I wore was composed of hard plastic that covered

During the week of John Marshall's Spring Break, my friend Maddie and I walked around normal places with high heels. Both of us being quite tall girls without them, I believed that two borderline six foot girls walking around places like Walmart and the public library would illicit some sort of a response, although regrettably not as big as some other things one could do. After expressing these thoughts to her, she responded with, "If people don't look at you because you're tall, they'll look at you because you're falling." So, on a Wednesday afternoon we both semi dressed up, neither of our outfits were anything out of the ordinary except for the much taller than normal shoes we both wore, and headed out. Our first stop was the bank, as Maddie

One obstacle I have faced, and will continue to face, revolves around my feet. When I was born, the doctor immediately informed my mother that I was happy and healthy, however, my feet happened to be upside down and backwards. In the next few weeks, my parents met with scores of doctors to learn about my condition, know as bilateral Clubfoot. The most notable of these doctors was Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, arguably the most learned doctor in the field of Clubfoot, who said to my mother: “my best advice would be to prepare him for a desk job”. Since my birth, I have had two sets of surgeries on my feet, have had casts on both legs for years, and was in a wheelchair for almost a year at the age of five. The innumerable challenges posed by my disorder

When he was ten, he had metal rods put in his legs and spent the next year and a half in a body cast. Eventually Lamont could go back to school but relied on a walker and as if being constrained to a walker wasn’t bad enough, he faced adversity in the form of being bullied by his fellow classmates.

Although the surgery likely helped with this feat, it is Alice’s confidence that helps her succeed in school and be happy with her life- a confidence Lucy does not attain until college. This shows that although physical appearance does play a big role in how others perceive and treat you, it is also what is “inside that matters,” and that even those who have had incidents that affect their physical traits can make a name for themselves by having self-confidence and finding people who accept

In Izzy, Willy-Nilly, Izzy, who is a teen is struck with a heart-breaking disability after an accident. Throughout the novel she fights through her injury, remaining strong and determined. Although, times got rough and sad, she stayed positive in several aspects. After losing her left leg, she was left with various difficult adjustments to make. However, Izzy was traumatized by the accident, leaving her with a life changing disability. Her family and friends’ reactions to her amputation of her leg were sometimes demeaning; furthermore, they rejected her disability in many aspects. Izzy’s father and brothers rejected her after the accident, they wouldn’t visit her or acknowledge during this hard time. Furthermore, when her father arrived to

Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan priest who lived in the New Spain after the Spanish conquest, arriving in 1529. One of his most notable works is the Florentine Codex, which is a study of central Mesoamerican religions (Carrasco 2014:33). He worked closely with surviving members of these cultures in order to compile this encyclopedia of culture and beliefs. The Florentine Codex is a key document that informs the study of pre-conquest Mesoamerica to this day. Furthermore, he is considered one of the first anthropologists.

Considering I did not visit my spot at all over Winter Break, this had been the longest period of time I had been away from the area. This was good as it lent itself well to some new insights. After colder nights and more snow, the area looked a lot more broken down than it had in the past. The Birdsfoot Trefoil was the most broken down and dry I have seen it since I began photographing the spot. There also appeared to be less debris, in the form of dead grasses and leaves, surrounding the area. The grass and surrounding area appeared more worn down and I wonder if this is from increased human activity around the area. I found this interesting, as I believe it speaks to the natural resources, natural capital, and natural income of the area.

For example, “She pulled her hand away to reveal that the jagged wound was already closed” (Grant 366). If Lana did not have her “enhancement” to heal wounds almost like magic, who knows where the kids of Perdido Beach would be right now, especially Sam with his serious neck wound. There is a surplus of examples where these “adaptations” show importance, which I think is the author showing that they are almost necessary for these kids to survive in their messed up world. In certain situations, the author portrays these kids having these “enhancements” as being something “bad,” but overall, the “adaptations” truly display their importance in almost every situation the kids are faced with. In addition to these “enhancements” being used to save lives, they also may be the key to surviving the “poof” that occurs when a kid turns fifteen. Caine stated: “He stopped blasting, then he blinked out” (Grant 377). If using these “adaptations” during the exact time of your birth could have you become impervious to the “poof,” then that would physically separate the kids which have these “enhancements” from the kids that do not have these “enhancements.” That separate between the two types of kids could create unnecessary violence between the groups in the future, which would not be good. Not only would there be a physical separation between the two groups, there would be a social separation also. The kids with the “adaptations” could think that they are too-good-to-hang-out-with-the-normal-kids ☺, even though they are not. In conclusion, there are countless reasons behind the idea of these “enhancements,” which are explored throughout the

As many children of the United States of America have the pleasure of growing up as normally as possible, starting with learning how to interact with other children, build relationships with other people, and the ability to horse around on the playscape; however, some children do not have that privilege. At a young age, ten years old, Bailey had physical problems such as joint pain, frequent infections including disseminated infection and pneumonia and easy bleeding, which were all signs leading to a disease that changed her life forever. Nights were filled with sweaty sheets, days were shared with unbearable pains and just when she was about to give up all hope of true happiness, the brother that she was never close to finally connected with

Twyla’s and Roberta’s mom made them feel unworthy, for they had to live in an orphanage while both of them were still alive. Maggie was well alive without the ability to talk, so there was a sense of powerlessness exhibited by her that the girls felt as children. Additionally, the girls had barriers that hindered them to speak with their moms leaving them feeling mistreated; those two components can affect a relationship tremendously. For instance, even though the mothers may be present, they were mentally absent. Both Twyla and Roberta struggled having a companionship with their mothers as they displayed with

The procedure always spoke to me as an embodiment of the human spirit. ‘ If we cannot fix it one way, we will do it another; If we cannot mend the brain, we will correct the feet.’ Ever since my operation, I have used this same outlook to overcome all the handicaps. When I came home from the procedure, I had both legs in soft-wrapped splints. I was to be non-weight bearing and to keep still. The recovery period was frustrating for me and absolutely maddening for my mother. I had no interest in being immobile. So within days of coming home in the splints, I had to be brought back to the hospital. I had snapped the splints in to by trying to crawl. Afterwards, I was put into hard castings and I was more cautious. Once out of my castings, I had to endure a year or more of physical therapy, because I had to learn how to walk again. To this day, I refuse to let my disability stunt my potential. I have tried at every available opportunity to challenge myself, to keep on fighting, and to invent ways around my

A time where i can relate to Dinaw Mengestu’s story is in the 6th grade. It was the middle of August, and my first day at Smithville Middle School. I was finally one of the “Big Kids.” I wanted to start my middle school years off great and fit in with all the intimidating 7th and 8th graders. What you wear is a big part of fitting in with new people. On the first day of school, i noticed all the older girls were wearing makeup and tight stretchy pants that showed off their butts. I decided i wanted to be exactly like them. That same day after school, i made my mom take me to Zona Rosa to go shopping. After shopping around for a bit i stopped upon the perfect pair of leggings. The leggings were pink with blue spots and white stars everywhere. I begged my mom for the leggings and told her i would die without them. In the end she finally took them up to the register. I was so excited and could not wait to go to school the next day!

One of the theme in this book is “Culture”. Countries each have their own cultures. So do Chinese have their own culture. One of the Culture/custom in Chinese Cinderella is the grandmother’s bound feet. Grandmothers had their feet bound because, in Nai Nai’s day, small feet were considered feminine and beautiful. To have small feet, they had a tight bandage around her feet, bending the toes under the sole and crushing the arch so that her feet would remain small all her life. It hurt so badly they couldn’t sleep. This custom has been in China for over thousand years. If any woman had large, unbound feet, no man would marry them. Most of the female in Nai Nai’s age had a pair of perfectly normal feet when they were born. This horrible custom