show us how language isolates those who don’t speak the common way as well as others. In paragraph 14‚ Tan’s mother had been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and when she went to the doctor’s office‚ the CAT scan was lost and no one seemed concerned with her need to understand her prognosis-her husband and son had both died of brain tumors. When her daughter‚ Amy Tan‚ who spoke in perfect English came to translate for her mother; the hospital promised that a conference call on Monday would be
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doctor examined Hayden’s eyes closely‚ he saw abnormal swelling and immediately ordered a CT scan. The results were upsetting: There was a mass on Hayden’s brain. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor‚ after which a biopsy revealed more devastating news: Hayden suffered from a type of brain tumor called Medulloblastoma. Hayden’s parents had heard about St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and immediately asked their doctor for a referral.” Hayden’s story comes from St. Jude’s Research
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broken language was considered useless and wouldn’t get her anywhere. More recent in the story Tan states: her mother had been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and when she went to the doctor’s office‚ the CAT scan was lost and no one seemed concerned with her need to understand her prognosis—having lost a husband and son‚ both to brain tumors (14). When her daughter came to translate her mother’s broken English everyone was much more amiable with Amy than they had been with her mother: promises
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Memoir- Losing My Best Friend I remember everything as if it were yesterday. The shock‚ the sadness‚ the pain‚ and the sickness she had to suffer. I remember sitting beside her‚ holding her hand as she had IV’s put into her arms. I remember the conversations we had; she’d explain to me how she just wanted to go outside again; she’d be enthusiastic for the day she got out of the hospital; we made plans for when she beat cancer. Two years have gone by so fast‚ and there hasn’t been a day I haven’t
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bilingual is appealed to by Tan use of pathos in her recollection of her mother’s struggle receiving her test results for her brain tumor‚ because of discrimination she received for her poor English. “She said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis‚ since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors” (36). Tan also uses pathos in the fact that she only ever refers to her mother as “mother” and writes from
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eyes‚ but also to the judges. I couldn’t be more excited to be there and learn a beautiful dance. What I hadn’t thought of is how this dance would affect me. In February‚ just a few months before‚ my family and I found out my mom had a brain tumor. Even though it wasn’t cancerous‚ it still took a toll on everybody. My mother was‚ and still is‚ a caring‚ hard working person. She always did everything she could to give my brother and I the best life. Knowing that she had to have brain surgery
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Sometimes a part of the brain that is affected can cause mental retardation. Because of the overgrowth syndromes‚ there is a higher risk for childhood cancers in people with the isolated hemihypertrophy (about 6%). This can be cancers of the kidney (Wilms tumor‚ 3%)‚ adrenals‚ and liver. So‚ in our case‚ my son has an appointment set up every 3 months until he is 7 years old for ultrasounds to check for any of these cancers. Also‚ he will have to have his blood drawn and tested every 3 months until he is
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believing even when I was faced with a few obstacles. One of those obstacles was the lack of money. I can’t study in the finest school here since we’re not rich‚ I have four siblings who are still studying and a grandfather who was diagnosed with brain tumor it was a difficult time for me and my family because of the extra expenses that we have to cove‚ sometimes we managed to juggle those things around but sometimes we just have to bear with it. And recently my greatest obstacle came around. My grandfather
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flying to be by his dying mothers side is mental courage that cannot be fully measured or explained. Mental courage is the ability to overcome tragedy and to move forward in the face of sheer defeat. Mental courage is a man finding out he has a brain tumor‚ and still cherishing and living life to the fullest. Mental courage is taking care of your brother and sister following the death of their parents. The word courage comes from the Latin
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Treatments IV. Prevention of amnesia Amnesia: Memory Loss Memory loss can be associated with many different conditions in today’s medical fields such as amnesia‚ Alzheimer’s disease‚ different forms of dementia‚ depression‚ or even a brain tumor. These conditions have similarities yet differences to define each one as a different illness. Amnesia is a well-known condition that is associated with memory loss in today’s medical world‚ which can cause people to lose their ability to memorize
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