Simon Narayan

Comm 1715

Catherine Patterson

Friday December 2nd, 2022

How My Mom’s Stay in The Hospital For Her Thyroid Cancer Influenced Me

The visit when my mom was in the hospital for her thyroid cancer, influenced me to be

like the kind nurse and doctor that stayed with my mom, wanting to help people, and seeking a

lot more interest in the medical field. To start, the nurse and doctor at the hospital were very

compassionate and sympathetic. They understood that I was just a kid, and it was hard for me.

They understood that I was very scared since my mom was in the hospital bed and not seeing her

at home was very different. Both the doctor and the nurse would try to comfort me in any way

they could. The doctor or nurse would play some of my favourite songs or talk about things I like

to get my mind off the stress. Moreover, this made me want to help anyone I could. Seeing my

mom in the hospital bed very tired and weak looking made me feel like I couldn't do anything

and all I thought about was wanting to make her feel better. In addition, it made me want to help

people in situations like mine where it was frustrating as you can't do anything or even anyone

that is hurting both physically and mentally. I would never want anyone to feel the same

emotions I felt of having a loved one in danger and feeling helpless. Altogether, I wanted to

know more about the health field. As the doctor would explain my mom's condition, he would

use anatomical words and terms I wouldn't understand. I would tend to ask the doctor a lot of

silly questions about thyroid cancer, and he would always answer every single one of them. One

day, the doctor sat down with me with a diagram of the human body and explained it all to me in
a way that I could understand it. To conclude, this event led me to model the kind doctor and

nurse, helping anyone I could, and wanting to gain all the knowledge I could to go into a health

field profession.