Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Sunday School Teacher

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I had the opportunity to interview my Sunday school teacher who has had a stroke and is disabled. Over his lifetime he has accomplished many things, including a doctorate in theology, raced airplanes and his most satisfying accomplishment, being a Grandfather. He had his stroke in 2013 and in the same year found out he had a blood clot in his leg and his kidneys completely failed. Needless to say he has had many challenges since then. “Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death in the US, with one person dying every 4 minutes as a result. For black people, stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death. Approximately 800,000 people have a stroke each year; about one every 40 seconds. Only heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases and accidents are more deadly.1-3 Strokes occur due to problems with the blood supply to the brain: either the blood supply is blocked or a blood vessel within the brain ruptures, causing brain tissue to die. A stroke is a medical emergency, and treatment must be sought as quickly as possible.” (medicalnewstoday.com) The remarkable thing that I admire the most about my teacher is that he does not get mad or upset about his condition. Sometimes he gets frustrated that he cannot do as much as he would like and cannot read like he once did. He said that “God is …show more content…

He is basically paralyzed on his left side and has to use a cane to walk. He takes no medication for his stroke, but takes kidney dialysis three times a week and other medication for his kidneys and heart. “The one good side-effect of dialysis is that it cleans your blood so that I don’t have to take insulin for diabetes. As far as the kidney disease, the damage is done and I have to do dialysis to live. I do have heart problems and am forced to take meds for that.” He feels bad most of the time. “The dialysis has the side-effect of making me extremely tired and have low energy. I feel like I have the flu on the three days a week that I have

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