Personal Narrative: The Fur-People

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Habersham County, Tom was feeling slightly nervous as he exited the staff lounge and entered the hustle and bustle of County Hospital’s ER to begin his first shift as an RN. The first few hours of his shift passed slowly as Tom mostly checked vital signs and listened to patients complain about various aches, pains, coughs, and sniffles. He realized that the attending physician, Dr. Greene, who was rather “old school” in general about how he interacted with nursing staff, wanted to start him out slowly. Tom knew, though, that the paramedics could bring in a trauma patient at any time.

Mary, the patient the study focuses on (surname withheld to uphold confidentiality), was chosen due to the writers involvement throughout the duration of her stay in hospital. The writer met Mary prior to her operation in theatre and was present for the duration of her operation. When Mary was admitted to ward L4 the writer was directly involved in Mary's care and discharge.

Amelia lay on the cold dirt her warm sticky blood seeping through my fingers it’s coppery smell filling my nostrils as I applied presser to the hemorrhaging gunshot wound. “You have to stay with me sis you’re the only family I have left.” My twin sister dying was not an option it just wasn’t.

Nearing the end of my shift in the Emergency Department, I was requested to accompany a patient while the nurse readied the discharge papers. Upon entering the bay, I met a very small and fragile patient who was anxious to go home. Conflicted between my primary duties and responsibilities to complete training for two inexperienced volunteers, I decided to put forth my interests in teaching by demonstrating compassionate care to my trainees. Although the patient repeatedly refused my assistance, I gave my best effort to calm her as I cloaked a warm blanket around her. As I listened to her confide in me of all of her hospital anxieties, I was shocked from the lack of quality care she had received which made her feel more sick after the first

Upon arrival, Murielle had a stack of paper work that she needed to record in the computer system and filed. Though I wanted to help Murielle, I first had to assist Maggie with two hot packs, one for the shoulder and the other for the wrist. While patients sat with their pain management therapy for 8 minutes, I started organizing the paper to file during my spare time. Maggie and Issac was working on a patient's splint, while I supervised the two patients who were waiting to be seen. Once Maggie was available to assist the patients, she handed me their intervention sheet, which I was able to use as a guideline for the exercising equipments that I would need to set up for each patient. Both patient therapeutic session was difference since both

On the outside of my mask I chose a picture of the color olive green because that is one of my favorite colors. The picture of the makeup represents my love for makeup. Also i chose the picture of the Iphone because I love to be on my phone all the time. I chose the basketball team the Cavaliers because that is my favorite team. Another thing I chose is shrimp and pizza because those are two of my favorite foods. I chose the pictures of the Huskies because those are my favorite breed of dogs, and one day I hope have one of my own. Virgo is my zodiac sign. For the inside of my mask I chose the picture of Kansas City University because that is a college that i will like to attend. I picked a picture of a sign that said shy because that describes

My work day began the night before my shift started, as I received an email from my supervisor and was pleased to see my favorite patients on my list. Anna was scheduled first on my itinerary. She had become a quadriplegic after a serious fall down a flight of steps. Next was Mr. William, who was dying of a brain tumor. This man had the best attitude towards life, and always kept me laughing. My last patient of the day was Mrs. Patsy. She was very dear to my heart, and I had grown very close to the family, because I had been seeing her for over six months. Every time I walked into Mrs. Patsy house, she wanted an update and recent pictures of my children. It is unusual to have everyone agree on the scheduled time, but this warm summer evening was the exception. Tomorrow’s schedule was looking great and I was ready to get some rest.

While I sat anxious. I had never been a fan of hospitals. Not to mention that I was exhausted and I was beginning to form a headache. I Couldn’thelp but to yawn.

The ward was filled to the brim, not a single bed was empty. The noise of pain exuded through the walls, the piercing screams of accident victims dominated the room as medical personnel scampered across the ward as they tried to tend to them. I stood in the midst of it all, dazed but electrified. A man lay on a stretcher, a few feet away from me, twisting in agony.

My dog kisses got put down a while back, Not because she was bad or anything she was just really old and had gotten sick. It sucked and i miss her really bad. I wish she could be alive forever and always be with me and my family. Recently I have found the Furry Fandom which has completely changed my life in so many ways. I have found so many new friends in the fandom and If i had not found it I might still be a pretty lonely person. Art has also changed my life in a way. It has become a form of a hobby I always want to get better at it and I try to practice everyday. Starting middle school was pretty scary but I soon got used to it. Im in 7th grade to me and theres nothing except for the difficulty and the schedule. On back to school night

“Failure to thwart the attacks using available information has been interpreted as indicating a need for a more comprehensive and strategic coordination of intelligence” (Schaible, 2012, p. 761)

My Family and I were at home eating dinner. After dinner I told my mom that I had left something on top of the mountain, so she said “‘go up to get it Mary. But she didn’t want me to go alone so I went to go see if my friend was home but he wasn’t so I disobeyed my moms rules and went up by myself anyway. And it was starting to get dark so I had to get the base fast but I couldn’t find it. Now it was really dark and 2 hours had already passed and I couldn't my way off the mountain because it was so dark. And with my luck my phone died so I couldn’t call anyone for help, so I just started walking and walking after a little bit I realized I was getting nowhere so again I walked eventually I just fell and went to

Suddenly she felt a stinging, then numbing sensation run up her legs and was strapped into a wheelchair. She was rolled into a very dark and presumably vacant room.

It was an unpleasantly early morning in the hospital waiting room. Nurses buzzed around, busy attending to their patients while a faint beeping sound could be heard in the background. I was starting my second shift of the day at the hospital, just finishing working a shift in the dark, grimy morgue. Groggy, I sat down at my desk to begin another four hours of labor. My position was to assure that the paper work was properly completed and that all patients were attended too. While being a supervising nurse was a great responsibility, it left time to day dream.

‘Feeding on Fantasy’ is an article written by Lev Grossman. Lev Grossman was born in 1969, in Lexington, MA. Both of his parents were English professors, so he has always read a lot, especially in graduate school. He is himself a novelist, with several books at the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also studied literature, just like his parents, and is now an experienced book critic at ‘Time Magazine’.