blood later‚ I had an IV started and I could continue with my assessment. That is‚ until my instructor stopped me. “He’s gone‚ soldier medic. Think‚ when did he stop yelling at you? Blast injuries suck‚ soldier medic. Sometimes you can’t do anything about ‘em. Now reset‚ hurry up.” While losing patients was not all that uncommon in medic school‚ it was often due to some glaring mistake. It was incredibly sobering to learn for the first time that sometimes‚ even if everything is done perfectly by the
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to relieve himself‚ he did not attack; instead‚ he drained his bladder for several minutes. Toughie lived with us until he was an older cat. His love was unconditional—deep inside‚ he was a softie. He watched over the children as if they were his own kittens. Maybe now‚ he is in heaven‚ purring and rubbing around my husband’s
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December 29‚ 2013 was the date that I recall when it happened. It was a chilly winter day in Kagawong. I was visiting my grandparents house about a mile from the town on Manitoulin Island in Canada. Ice hung off the tree branches in glistening icicles. Snow‚ as tall as a mailbox‚ was piled up on the sides of the roads. It was only noon when my grandpa walked into the room. My grandpa is a tall man with broad shoulders‚ grey hair‚ and a black and white beard. He always wears his brown boots with a
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Within a few minutes‚ the sound of sirens rushes across the school parking lot. The heat from the pavement causes the emergency vehicles to waver surreally‚ as if they’re an illusion speeding toward me. I stand numbly next to the wreckage as the firefighters hurry forward to free the lady trapped inside her car. The kid who rolled off the side of the bleachers screams as the paramedics lift him onto a stretcher. His leg is twisted at an odd angle. It’s definitely broken. Coach points to me‚ and
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There was a man who had been mute for 3 or 4 years. This man was in his very late stages of Alzheimer’s suffering with dementia nonetheless. He could not live on his own whatsoever. He needed a high level of assistance in most‚ if not all‚ his daily activities. There wasn’t much hope left in this man‚ let alone treatments available‚ until one day a music therapist was provided. She sang old songs to him and to other patients‚ triggering back memories. These memories seemed to spark a light
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In one and a half seconds’ time below the M-26’s bottom‚ the NS-9’s pilot Goto shouts: ‘Wow‚ my plane is being pulled off the course! I stall and lose control‚ can’t pull it back. No shooting of any kind‚ what’s happened? Mayday Mayday...’ The Japanese fighters Captain Crow is at the diamond shaped formation’s front‚ he shouts: ‘All crews keep the formation‚ rise your planes to leave the dark clouds. I’ll go down to find Goto.’ Meanwhile in the headquarter operation room Hajime switches on the big
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smile‚ with triangular eyes. "It looks just like the pumpkin I saw on the doorstep of the funny ladies house now." She declared with pride. “Your right it really does." Anya replies as they stand back to look at their pumpkins and chatter in their own special
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The Deagle “Can you hand me that mixture?” asked Dr. Scooter‚ the scientist that will hopefully save wildlife as we know it. She and her Assistant ‚Dr. Skippy‚ are trying to create a mixture to save animals from bullets. So to keep this a secret she has a secret lab deep‚ right underground. She is testing it on two animals that people hunt all the time. The deer‚ and eagle.”Sure.” said Dr. Skippy. Dr. Scooter mixed the two mixtures and tested it on a little hamster. The hamster just died on the
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The War of Persuasion ‘’Team listen up‚ TEAM listen up! Pray‚ what would our coach want us undeserving men to do on a dark night like this when the fearing wolves howl amongst the trees? We gotta wait for the team to arrive so we shall sit by the fire together‚ c’mon team‚ let’s warm up our bodies. Remember boys‚ God loves all men‚ team‚ he does.’’ Only one of the members from the team that had arrived at the cabin looked up‚ the firelight dancing in his eyes‚ the gold-braid in his hair glowing
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only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories might look like‚ baseball games‚ track meets‚ hiking and camping. Letting her mind wander as she pealed potatoes. She looked beside her at the young boy sitting at the dining room table coloring in his new book. Life couldn’t be
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