Henrietta Lacks
“When I go to the doctor for my checkups I always say my mother was HeLa. They get all excited, tell me stuff like how her cells helped make my blood pressure medicines and antidepression pills and how all this important stuff in science happen cause of her. But they don’t ever explain more than just sayin, Yeah, your mother was on the moon, she been in nuclear bombs and made that polio vaccine. I really don’t know how she did all that, “. Pg 8
Coming from a family of three, two brothers and I am the only daughter. I happen to be very close to my mother, which makes this passage significantly important to me because I would like to know how my mom has made such an impact in this world. Deborah is saying that these scientist, doctors, magazines, and articles are saying all these important things her mother has done with her cells but no one has ever sat down with her to clarify HOW, how has her mother done all these countless wonderful things with a cell? How has she helped establish her medicines? How has she helped treat so many diseases? While reading this passage it made me think of when I would accompany my mother to her check ups at the doctor and how I would ask the doctor if everything was okay and if something was wrong they would explain to me how it occurred and how to treat it. In this case it’s a bit different because Deborah has so many questions but no answers about how her mothers cells have done so much. And as a daughter I can relate that is why I feel it is an important passage.
Coming from a family of three, two brothers and I am the only daughter. I happen to be very close to my mother, which makes this passage significantly important to me because I would like to know how my mom has made such an impact in this world. Deborah is saying that these scientist, doctors, magazines, and articles are saying all these important things her mother has done with her cells but no one has ever sat down with her to clarify HOW, how has her mother done all these countless wonderful things with a cell? How has she helped establish her medicines? How has she helped treat so many diseases? While reading this passage it made me think of when I would accompany my mother to her check ups at the doctor and how I would ask the doctor if everything was okay and if something was wrong they would explain to me how it occurred and how to treat it. In this case it’s a bit different because Deborah has so many questions but no answers about how her mothers cells have done so much. And as a daughter I can relate that is why I feel it is an important passage.