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Mental Health Workshop
More Hospitals, Doctors, and Health
Here’s another health-related story from Class 3C. When you’re finished reading, take the quiz to test your understanding.
Miaoxuan Yang
Terrible Disinfectant
One day ten years ago, I was changing sheets for my mother-in-law, and put some disinfectant on the dresser. When I finished changing the sheets, I turned back to look at my daughter and she was looking at me and holding the disinfectant. She said, “Mom, why does this Coke have a different flavor?”
I was surprised. “Did you drink it?” I asked her. She nodded.
I was so frightened. I quickly got some water and had her drink it, then I called my husband. While my husband was coming home, I took my daughter outside to wait for him.
After ten minutes, we arrived at the hospital emergency room. The doctor checked my daughter’s eyes and asked her some questions. Then he had my daughter drink a bottle of water and throw up. After that, the doctor told me, “Your daughter just drank a little, not too much. Don’t worry. When you get back home, have her keep drinking more water. That will be good.”
After this incident, every time I use disinfectant it still has a shadow.
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Hospitals, Doctors, and Health
Class 3C is at it again – this time with stories about health problems and going to the hospital. Here’s one example – and, as usual, when you’re finished reading, take the quiz to test your comprehension!
Pingting Guan
The First Time I Went to the Hospital in New York
One day, my husband and I went to the coast in order to walk for a while and he twisted his ankle. When we arrived at home, it still felt painful. He was very worried about his leg because his left leg was broken last year and he could not move for a long time. He dialed 911 one day later, and the ambulance came fifteen minutes later.
The paramedic working in the ambulance asked us for a lot of information before we were allowed to take the ambulance to the hospital. We saw many doctors and nurses when we arrived at the hospital. Three nurses asked us about my husband’s problem and then told us to wait.
We waited for a long time, and the doctor came. He asked us the same questions and said it was nothing serious. He was going to give us some medicine and let us go. My husband said, “I’m still worried about my leg. The pain feels like the last time I broke it. I would like to get an X-ray. May I?” My husband insisted on getting the X-ray for his right leg.
After the X-ray, the doctor said my husband’s right leg bone was fractured. So the doctor told the nurse to wrap the leg and give my husband crutches.
It was my first time to go to the hospital in New York. It was not the same as going to the hospital in my hometown.
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Still Sick and Injured
Last time we shared some stories about accidents and illnesses written by Class 1B. Now it’s Class 1C’s turn. Read a sample below, and then take the quiz to test your understanding.
Kelly Liu
PEELING AN APPLE
One night a long time ago in my country, I was alone at home. I wanted to eat an apple, so I went to the kitchen and found a knife. Then I used the knife to peel an apple because I don’t like to eat apple peels. Usually my mother did this for me.
This was my first time using a knife to peel an apple. When I was peeling with the knife, my fingers immediately started bleeding. I was scared. I called my mother: “Mom, my fingers are bleeding! What do I do? ” My mom said, “You can go to the living room and find a band aid. Don’t worry. ” I felt the wound was deep. But after this, I never peel with a knife. I have a fear of knives.
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Sick and Injured Revisited
Here’s another story from Class 1B about a couple accidents experienced by one of our students. When you’re finished, take the quiz to test your understanding.
Jimmy Wang
IN MY HOMETOWN
Thirty-seven years ago, I was playing around a pond outside, and I accidentally fell in. I drank a lot of water. I was scared to death. I couldn’t swim. At this time, my aunt was passing by and pulled me out of the pond. My stomach was so big. Later, my mom came and my mom and aunt took me to the hospital. The doctor told them, “Don’t worry. He is resting.”
I still remember one summer when I was twelve years old. I was running around outside and I accidentally fell into a large pit. I hit my head on a stone. I was bleeding a lot. I was scared silly. I didn’t know how it happened. My mother took me in her arms. She was crying.
I saw a man in white clothes with a needle in his hand. My mom wanted me to close my eyes. I touched my head and I opened my eyes to see what the doctor was doing to my head. I knew that he was stitching up my scalp. The man in white clothes scolded me. I cried and kicked. My mother held me tightly. I couldn’t move.
After half an hour, my mom said, “Yes, we will go home.” We couldn’t afford for me to stay in the hospital. There is still a big scar on my head.
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Sick and Injured
Here’s some more student writing for you from Class 1B. They wrote about accidents or illnesses they have experienced. Here’s a sample below:
Hui Yuan Li
NOT MY VOICE
I was sick two months ago. I felt uncomfortable. I felt cold and I had a headache and the chills. I couldn’t go to work for two days. On the first day, I called my boss and said, “Hi, boss. I am sick. I can’t go to work.” And then he answered me, “Who are you?” I told him. He said, “No, I can’t believe it. This is not your voice. This is a man’s voice!”
I knew my voice had changed. I remember in China, when I was a student, I was sick too. I couldn’t go to school. I called the teacher. She didn’t know my voice and my classmates said, “This is not a girl’s voice. This is a boy’s voice!”