The Only Know Case Study

She assumed that Henrietta was afraid of the doctor taking her womb; therefore, not allowing her to have another baby. (Page 14)

It was while she was in the hospital that she had his baby. Thankfully, the hospital took the baby away from her and arranged for it to be adopted," Cynthia added.

Her parents became embarrassed by her condition and were anxious to know when she would be released from the hospital, most probably so they would not have to explain to people where she was and what had happened to her.


“He said he could treat her physiologically, but had no idea how to help her become a mother.”

“Your child is sick, 98 doctors say treat him this way, two say, "No, this other is the way to go." I'll go with the two. You're taking a big risk with those

Tom and Louise went through a long struggle to find out what was wrong with her daughter after she was born. Before she was born, Louise acquired a rubella rash. She went to her doctor and got a vaccination, but the doctor informed her that Lynn would be 25% susceptible to defects since her mom had rubella. When Lynn was born, she seemed completely normal and healthy, but the risk of congenital defects still loomed in Tom and Louis’ minds. Three months after Lynn was born, the family took Lynn to a fourth of July parade, and they noticed that Lynn didn’t seem flustered when the loud sirens passed by. Incredibly alarmed by this, Louise and Tom made sure to pay greater attention to see if something could be very wrong. After encountering plenty of hints to see that something was wrong, Louis brought Lynn to her doctor, Dr. Bales, and he explained to her that it would be difficult to see if she was deaf being

“Shortly after Hayden’s fifth birthday, he began having headaches and nausea. At first, the doctor thought he had migraines and asked his mother to keep a record of when his head hurt. After only a short period of time, Hayden’s headaches grew more frequent. Then, he began having trouble with the vision in his right eye causing him to see double. It was at this point, his mother knew there was a bigger issue at hand.

Susie O’Brien is driven to write about how anti-vaccinators are putting other kids' lives at danger and additionally their own. By using an anecdote of a boy named Riley, “the latest was a darling boy named Riley Hughes, from Western Australia, who was just four weeks old when he died last week” O’Brien highlights that a boy who was just

Shawn Johnson’s birth was frightening for her parents as her health was alarmingly low. Though she

This article largely appeals to pathos to make us feel compelled to vaccinate our children. Parker compares her perfectly healthy childhood with no vaccines to her children’s very healthy childhood with vaccines. which her children have rarely been sick. She uses her illnesses such as developing penicillin-resistant quinsy, the same disease that killed Queen Elizabeth, to appeal to the audience’s emotions. She then uses the children of anti-vaxxers to appear helpless for not having the choice to be

She continued to ask Hopkins about her blood test even though the blood sample was had nothing to do with testing Deborah for any type of disease. She took great care of her children, and she had more than one job so she could support them. Skloot says “those children were all Deborah had, and she was not going to let anything happen to them” (Skloot 185). This specific characterization of Deborah as a mother conveys the idea that Deborah is caring and determined to give her children a better childhood than she had. The fact that she wanted better for her children shows how much she cares.

they weren't aware of the conditions she was in, they mentioned the death of their beautiful baby

“I had to end my practicum when all that happened,” she said. “He had two or three doctors appointments

a) Measles is not something of the past, nor is it a sickness constrained to creating nations. Today measles is one of the main sources of death of children around the world, regardless of the accessibility of a shabby, powerful antibody.

Now, many once-forgotten diseases are reappearing. TIME Magazine reported that “In 2014, the U.S. experienced a major outbreak of measles that totaled 383 cases and was primarily spreading among an unvaccinated Amish community in Ohio.” (Measles Outbreak) The number of cases of these diseases is going up when it can be easily prevented. Worldwide, “Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available.” (World Health