In the book The Diving and Bell and The by Jean Dominique Bauby is the editor in chief of French Elle. Jean is a divorced father of two, a son Theophile and daughter Celeste. Jean at one point in time suffered a 20 day coma. He suffered a massive stroke which was later diagnosed as “Lock In Syndrome”. The morning of his stroke Jean was arranged to test drive a BMW and then pick up son to spend time with him over the weekend. Unfortunately both of those never came to past and the opportunity to do so in the future was absolutely gone. Before the incident while driving he understood that his body was not in the right state so the first thought of help that came to mind was his sister Diane who was a nurse. She understood the situation and rushed …show more content…
He reflects on moments of how he is confined to wheelchair and watches his children while their mother pushes him around “hunched in my wheelchair, I watch my children surreptitiously as their mother pushes me down the hospital corridor” (Bauby, pg 64). One of his biggest peeves is how he can no longer enjoy the physical aspects of life even the little things like playing with his children. He reminisces on his life before the accident how he started dieting and exercising losing weight. The way he lost sixty two pounds was not the way he thought it would of been. The accident cause a dynamic physical change that changed his physique severely. Jean went as far back as to his childhood “he would shave his father's face now he the one who needs helped being shaved” (Bauby, pg …show more content…
This is life that we only get one of and for him the physical joy of it has been lost forever. It was a tragic and unfortunate event that led to him losing all aspects of his prior life. He was reduced to a man… a vegetable the only thing he had true control over was his thoughts. Being an athlete I could never imagine that one day I would lose all my abilities to conduct as a human being. Life is nothing short of a blessing that should never be taken for granted. For Jean his ability to even communicate with the outside world using that left eye is a blessing in disguise. It was step for Jean to make this harsh adjustment to his new unexpected life. This man was stripped of every luxury of life. The chances of him contracting a stroke of that severity is just as rare as winning the lottery. This story teaches you to appreciate all that life has to give because you will never know when it could all be taken away from you. Take the opportunities given to you being able to socially interact and communicate with others is one of the biggest aspects of being apart of this
This serves as a reminder of the past, everything that happened and the pain the family is now experiencing. It also stalls, and possibly prevents, any positive progress the family had made individually in coming to terms with the accident and getting
Her dad carried her away from the hospital without payment, and then her mom permitted her to cook again, moreover she said, “ Getting right back into the saddle” ( Glass Castle 47). Jeanette was not angry at such young age and soon the family had to pack their belongings into bags and “do the skedaddle” as her parents always said. The parents were fleeing from bill collectors. Although Jeanette's father was an alcoholic, he could get work almost anywhere, often in small towns. The family was moving because of these things, she never complained when they did not have enough food. Jeanette always forgave her parents, she understood what they were going through.
There are several ways that Jeanette 's doctor and receptionist could have helped Jeanette. The receptionist should have relayed Jeanette 's message to the doctor as soon as possible. Shortness of breath is a serious medical problem. It is one of the symptoms of Heart failure as well as Pneumonia (Mayoclinic, 2016). If the doctor had received the message right away, the doctor would perhaps advise Jeanette to come to her office or to call 911 immediately. The receptionist should have advised Jeanette to call 911 if her symptoms got serious while she waited for doctor 's callback. Jeanette endured her symptom the whole day waiting for the phone call from her doctor that never reached her in time.
In his essay “The Lonely Death of George Bell,” N.R. Kleinfeld describes how life goes on after people die and they are survived by their belongings and memories they gave to people. Kleinfield illustrates how even melancholy deaths can affect society in positive and negative ways. Although he chose an interesting topic to discuss, N.R. Kleinfield’s essay failed to be captivating because it contained monotonous, unnecessary detail and had a disconnected thesis.
The novel No Signature ratifies the importance of human relationships through exhibiting how drastically Steve’s decisions can negatively affect his relationships with his family and friends. After Steve Chandler's father leaves the family, Steve receives a postcard from him every month. There's no return address, and no signature; just "DAD" stamped on the back. When Steve’s mom finds him angrily ripping up the cards, she starts throwing them out before he can see them. But one day, when he's eighteen, he gets the mail first. He finds another "DAD" postcard, and goes in search of his father. During a short trip to Thunder Bay, the two slowly
From enthusiastic and on board with the life she lives, to not enjoying it and wanting to stop, Jeanette Walls life changes over the time of the book. Jeanette grew up with siblings, Brian, Lori and Maureen. She had a hard childhood constantly moving and not being able to make friends and did not have a lot of food. Her father was an alcoholic and could not hold a job, and her mother was a teacher who wanted to be an artist. She always dreamt big and had a lot of hope for the future but that changes in the book.
People with disabilities are not completely gone. They are still there and have a mind of their own. They feel emotions and sometimes have a more complex mind than others. Two authors help enlighten this idea that disabled people are much more than helpless bodies. Both Christy Brown and Jean-Dominique Bauby perfectly illustrate their lives and what it is like to be disabled, and they prove by their stories that they think and feel, and can even develop enough to share what they feel with the world. My Left Foot is about the journey of a boy suffering from cerebral palsy. His entire life he was labeled as a loss cause by doctor after doctor, but his mom never gave up hope. Slowly, he started showing signs of development by random movements responding to certain situations. In the end he ends up being able to communicate with his left foot. The next story, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is about an individual who suffered a stroke at the age of 43, leaving him paralyzed, only able to blink his left eye as communication. He develops his own alphabet inspired by the French language in order to exchange conversations with others. His thoughts in the story jump from the present, him currently disabled, and the past, when he was not. Both memoirs, with very different stories, show the lives of two individuals that are not like others. One who had their disability since birth, and the other who obtained one after a tragic event. In My Left Foot by Christy Brown and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby, both authors use characterization to show readers the struggles of disabled people and help them understand that just because they can’t use motions such as hand gestures to express how they feel, doesn’t mean that they don’t think and feel.
The ice cream industry is very a competitive field. Blue Bell has many competitors with a bigger budget and a bigger distribution channel. The company still manage to produce top brand ice cream to please its customers. According to the U.S Market for Ice Cream, “Sales nearly $12.2 Billion in 2005 with the sales of frozen, yogurt frozen desserts at scoop shops, restaurants and vending outlets. Three years ago there was a tremendous interest in ice cream nutrition panel. Other competitors were introducing product such as; low crab ice cream, no sugar added and low fat ice cream.
Meanwhile, Norma Jean’s activities have her expanding and growing in broader ways that let her see the bigger picture. For a while, she is content with playing familiar music on the organ, but as she further educates herself, she does not want to play it anymore (309). She is enthralled with her college class and building muscle with her weight lifting class. She is constantly improving and strengthening her mind and body while Leroy is just observing, and content to stay the same, and when he does go out of his comfort zone, it is not in leaps and bounds like Norma Jean’s activities. All of her
Mr. Hundert is a teacher that follows many virtues: courage, discipline, justice, and honesty. One can definitely see this teaching when he meets Sedgewick Bell, but one may also see his failures. To entice his virtue of courage, for example, he tells Sedgewick to do well in school. One can tell in the movie that Sedgewick might believe that trying in school will make him not popular, or maybe it fears him. Either way, there’s something hindering his performance in school, and of course, Mr. Hundert was able to convince Sedgewick to start doing well in class by giving him a book that helped him get understand the material. Another incident where he’s helping Sedgewick was when he wasn’t able to check out a book in the library. Then, Mr. Hundert enters asking the librarian to give him the book, and it was given. Another virtue
When the Bill of Rights was established, it was to ensure civil freedoms to all. Little by little these days, all of these rights are now gaining more and more stipulations that are restricting our rights as Americans. Due to the unrest of the world from all of the terrorism, it appears that our right to freedom of speech (Amendment I) and the right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures is diminishing rapidly.
The loss of control experienced by Ann may have had an impact on the time it took to progress through the stages. Involving Ann in the decision making, discussing options and offering continuity of care would help make the transition from her home environment easier.
A stroke is a life changing disease and sudden attack of weakness to one side of the body resulting from a interruption to the flow of blood going to the brain that can be a minor attack and resolved in a few days or major attack leaving the person with physical disabilities and cognitive deficit (McFerran 2008). Therefore, stroke can affect the quality of life of an individual from the lack of communication, mobility and independence and intern can cause one to become depressed. This essay is concerning the case of Mr. Alfred Smith who was
In Bed Number Ten, Sue Baier shares her first-hand account of both her painful experiences and her lengthy recovery in the ICU setting. She was struck with the disabling effects of Guillain-Barre syndrome which resulted in her being admitted into an Intensive Care Unit. While there, her communication and mobility was very limited and made it very difficult for many of the staff to passionately and effectively take care of her. She describes multiple accounts of nurses and staff who were task oriented and failed to meet her physical and emotion needs. Her sense of isolation and inhumane treatment transpires from the pages to the heart of the reader. However, in the book, we observe a few staff that were sensitive to her condition and took care of her the way a person should be taken care of. Sue’s hardship and experience is one of perseverance in her time in the ICU and gives an outlook of how to be sensitive to critical care patients, as it should be.
Mrs Ford is a 70 year old lady who has been admitted following a stroke. She is accompanied by her husband. Mrs Ford is a fictional name used in this essay due to confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2010). A holistic approach to