Adriana Castillo PREGNANT APENDECTOMY

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1 Adriana Castillo PREGNANT APENDECTOMY When I lived in Colombia sixteen years ago, I was in the hospital when I was four months pregnant because I had diarrhea, a fever, a stomachache, and I was vomiting. So I went to the hospital with my husband. After many tests and examinations the doctor said, You have appendicitis and you need surgery right now. My husband and I were scared. We wanted our baby but I needed to be stay safe too. After two hours we decided I should have surgery.

2 That Sunday early in the morning, I had an appendectomy with only local anesthesia. Surgery was delayed two hours, but during surgery the doctor told me, Everything is fine. My husband and I were worried and we wanted to see that the baby was fine. Then the doctor told us that he would need to take an ultrasound to show that all was well. Two days later, they took my baby s ultrasound and everything was fine. Also in this ultrasound we saw that our baby was a boy. Today my son is sixteen years old, and I m very good. Thank you, God! TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Adriana lived in Colombia sixteen years ago. T F 2. She didn t get sick while she was pregnant. T F 3. She had to have an operation. T F 4. She wasn t worried. T F 5. Her daughter is sixteen years old now. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever been pregnant? 2. Have you ever had surgery? 3. Do you have children? How old are they?

3 Phuong Chau MY TERRIBLE DAY In 2001, I had an accident. I was riding my motorcycle on the street, when I saw a truck coming too fast. I stopped and waited for the truck to stop, but the truck didn t stop. I rode my motorcycle fast, but it was too late the truck hit me and my motorcycle. I fell down. My foot started bleeding and it was burned. My neighbors saw me fall down and asked me, Are you OK? I was so scared. I didn t know what happened to me.

4 They went to my home and told my sister and my brother. When my sister and brother came, I was crying. I said, If I m not lucky, I ll never see my family again. They took me home. My two legs were very painful. My sister put some medicine on my legs. It hurt a lot. After a couple days, my leg felt better, but I couldn t ride my motorcycle for one month. My brother brought my motorcycle to get fixed. After one month, I could ride my motorcycle, and my foot didn t hurt. But it has a scar. My father didn t want me to go out the day my accident happened because at this time of day a lot trucks came from the small town to the city. But I had something to do, so I rode my motorcycle and got in an accident. This was a terrible night for me, and the next year, my father died. I was so sad when I remembered what my father my said. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Phuong got in a bicycle accident in T F 2. A truck ran into her. T F 3. Her brother put medicine on her legs. T F 4. She never rode her motorcycle again. T F 5. Her father warned her not to ride her motorcycle. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. How s the traffic in your hometown? 2. Would you like to own a motorcycle? 3. Where were you in 2001?

5 Cindy Chen A BAD DAY About five years ago, I went on vacation. My family went to Boston to visit our friend. I had lunch at a restaurant with my daughter and husband. We ate sushi. About one hour later, I felt uncomfortable. Then I got a stomachache and felt cold. My husband bought some cold medicine for me. I took some cold medicine but it didn t work. I was sad. When I got to the hotel, I took a hot shower and went to sleep. After two hours I felt better.

6 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Cindy went to Boston about five years ago. T F 2. She and her son had sushi for dinner. T F 3. She got a stomachache after eating the sushi. T F 4. She felt better after taking some cold medicine. T F 5. She felt better after she took a shower and slept. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever been to Boston? 2. Do you like sushi? 3. What do you do when you have a stomachache?

7 Sandy Chen FALSE ALARM Two years ago, I had hematuria. When I went to the doctor he took blood and urine samples and checked them. And he gave me medicine. After three days the results came back. But in the results we couldn't see any problem. After that, the doctor sent me to do a CT scan. The morning I went to the CT scan, I had to go to the toilet. My stomach hurt a lot. After one minute I felt better but I saw a small stone in the toilet. Later I went to the CT scan. They saw something like cancer in my bladder. After two days the clinic called and said, "You need to come to the clinic as soon as possible."

8 I went to the clinic. The doctor looked very worried and he told me I had cancer in the bladder. I was surprised. A little bit later, I told him before I went to the CT scan I saw a stone. Maybe the stone injured my bladder. But he was still worried. He sent me for another test. After two weeks, the results came back. The doctor gave me good news. He said everything was normal. We were happy. Just a false alarm. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. The doctor only took a blood sample. T F 2. Sandy had to get a CT scan. T F 3. She went to the bathroom after getting the CT scan. T F 4. Her doctor wasn t worried. T F 5. Sandy finally got some good news from her doctor. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. How often do you go to the doctor? 2. Do you like to go to the doctor? 3. What kind of medical tests have you gotten before?

9 Ying Cheng MY FAMILY DINNER PARTY When I was seven years old, in the summer, we had a family dinner party. My cousin came to my house to play. My mother was with my aunt in the kitchen. They were making dinner for us! My father was with my uncle in the living room watching TV. I was playing with my cousin in my bedroom. He wanted my toy, but I didn t want to give it to him. I wanted to run away I tripped over an umbrella, and I slipped on the floor. My left foot was hurt. It was bleeding and I cried. My father asked, What s the matter? I told him I fell down and hurt my left foot. My father took me to the hospital immediately. The doctor used disinfectant for my bleeding. He told my father not to worry. After a few days, my foot felt better. Now my foot is scarred.

10 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Ying s family had a dinner party when she was seven. T F 2. Her mother was with her uncle. T F 3. Her uncle and dad were watching a movie. T F 4. Ying tripped on an umbrella. T F 5. She injured her left foot. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Does your family sometimes have dinner parties? 2. Did you like to share your toys when you were a kid? 3. How many cousins do you have?

11 Amy Fang MY DAUGHTER S HEATSTROKE One day in 2013 during summer vacation, I called my two daughters and my niece to get up. We were going to go to a restaurant and eat food. The day was hot. We walked on Third Avenue to the restaurant. But we had no place to sit in the restaurant. We only waited. Suddenly, my older daughter said she couldn t see. She said she was dizzy. She fainted before she finished speaking. I was scared. The restaurant manager and some other people came and helped. Somebody called 911. I pressed between her nose and mouth. Some people rubbed her hands. After less than a minute, she woke up.

12 After about five minutes, an ambulance came. They took her to the hospital. In the emergency room, the doctor looked at my daughter and asked me a lot of questions. After one hour, the doctor told me there was no problem and told me not to worry. My daughter fainted because she was too hungry and the weather was too hot. She had heatstroke. We thanked the doctor and we went home. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Amy and her two nieces were going to a restaurant. T F 2. They walked on Third Street. T F 3. Amy older daughter fainted. T F 4. Somebody called 119. T F 5. Amy s daughter had heatstroke. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever had heat stroke? 2. Have you ever fainted? 3. Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather?

13 Ginny Huang SOME PROBLEM WITH MY FATHER When I was twelve years old, one day my father came back home. I saw his face was swollen. I asked my father, What happened to you? He said he was driving his motorcycle and then slipped and his face hit the ground. I saw it was very painful. When my grandma saw him, she immediately got some Chinese medicine and rubbed it on my father s face. After a couple of days, my father s face was a bit better, but he still stayed at home because his face was swollen for a long time.

14 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Ginny was twelve years old when this story happened. T F 2. Her father s hand was swollen. T F 3. Her father got in a bicycle accident. T F 4. Her grandfather put some Chinese medicine on her father s face. T F 5. Her father s face was swollen for a long time. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever hurt your face? 2. Can you drive a motorcycle? 3. Do you use Chinese medicine? What kind?

15 Johnny Jiang UNTITLED When I was six years old, I rode on a bicycle for the first time. At that time there were very few small bicycles for kids in China. My father had a bicycle, but it was too big and too high. I was riding his bicycle, then I fell. I felt a lot of pain and I couldn t move my hand. If I moved my hand it felt very painful. I cried and went home to tell my mother about this. My mother took me to the hospital. The doctor checked my hand and did an X-ray. After the X-ray the doctor told us my hand bone was fractured.

16 The doctor helped me to fix up the bones. I was crying because it was very painful. After the doctor applied the medicine to my hand, it still hurt. About one month later my hand became better. But during the whole month I couldn t do anything. My mother helped me to do everything. When I recall this memory I think about my mother. I love my mother very much. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Johnny rode a motorcycle for the first time when he was six. T F 2. He tried riding his dad s bike. T F 3. The bike was too small for him. T F 4. He hurt his hand. T F 5. It took one week for his hand to get better. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Can you ride a bicycle? 2. When did you first learn to ride a bicycle? 3. Have you ever had a bike accident?

17 Hui Yuan Li NOT MY VOICE I was sick two months ago. I felt uncomfortable. I felt cold and I had a headache and the chills. I couldn t go to work for two days. On the first day, I called my boss and said, Hi, boss. I am sick. I can t go to work. And then he answered me, Who are you? I told him. He said, No, I can t believe it. This is not your voice. This is a man s voice! I knew my voice had changed. I remember in China, when I was a student, I was sick too. I couldn t go to school. I called the teacher. She didn t know my voice and my classmates said, This is not a girl s voice. This is a boy s voice!

18 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Hui Yuan was sick three months ago. T F 2. She had the chills. T F 3. She called in sick to work. T F 4. Her boss thought she sounded like a woman. T F 5. Something similar happened to her in China. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. When was the last time you were sick? 2. Have you ever called in sick to work? 3. Does your voice change when you get sick?

19 Tony Lin MY POOR BUTT When I was a little kid about six years old or so I got a bad burn. My father and mother were very scared. They took me to the hospital. One night, I was ready to take a bath, so I turned on the hot water faucet. Then I just waited. After ten minutes, I jumped into the bathtub, but I forgot to turn off the faucet, and a lot of hot water flowed down to my butt. It was so hot! Mom! I exclaimed. My butt was red. I was crying. My mom and father were scared. My father went down and started the car, and my mom held me and put

20 some ice on my butt, then we went to the hospital. The doctor gave my mom some bandages and some advice. Then we went home. I could not sleep this night. I was so tired and my burn still hurt. My mom put a bandage on my butt, and comforted me. After a couple of days, I felt better. I was so lucky, because I don t have a scar. But after this time, I m always careful about hot water. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Tony was about sixteen when he got burned. T F 2. He was going to take a shower. T F 3. He remembered to turn off the hot water. T F 4. He burned his behind. T F 5. He s sometimes careful about hot water now. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Do you usually take a shower or a bath? 2. Have you ever been burned by hot water? 3. What things do people need to be careful about?

21 Angela Lin UNTITLED One day when I was ten years old, my stomach hurt. The teacher asked for my mother s phone number. I told the teacher my home phone and the teacher called my mother. About twenty minutes later, I saw my mother coming to school. She looked nervous. She was worried about me. She took me to the doctor. The doctor said I needed an I.V. drip. I felt better. After I finished the I.V., I went back to school in the afternoon. My teacher and classmates asked me, Are you OK? When the people asked me that, I felt very good.

22 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Angela had a stomachache when she was ten. T F 2. Her teacher asked her for her mother s address. T F 3. Her mother wasn t nervous. T F 4. Angela returned to school the same day. T F 5. She felt bad when people asked her how she was. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever gotten sick at school? 2. What makes you nervous? 3. What makes you feel good?

23 Sen Liang Lin AMAZING CURE After dinner one night two years ago, I had a stomachache. I felt a lot of pain. I took some medicine to stop the stomach pain, but it didn t work. It still felt very painful, and I was curled up in bed. I was frightened. I called my friend to help me. She took me to the hospital. In the emergency room, the doctor asked me a lot of questions, but I didn t understand everything the doctor said. So I asked my friend to translate for me. They gave me a lot of tests, like a blood test and an X-ray, CT-scans and an ultrasound. The next morning, the doctor told me I had a kidney

24 stone and gave me a prescription drug. Then we went the pharmacy, and I took a lot of medicine for about a month. But I didn t want to take a lot of medicine, so my friend helped me to call her uncle in Beijing. He is a famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. He told me to take some traditional Chinese medicine which could heal me in one week. I had a week of traditional Chinese medicine and got healed. Amazing cure! I exclaimed. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Sen Liang got a stomachache after dinner one night. T F 2. He wasn t scared. T F 3. His friend was his interpreter at the hospital. T F 4. He had a kidney stone. T F 5. His friend s uncle lived in the capital of China. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. What s the capital of your country? 2. Have you ever been to Beijing? 3. Can you speak English with your doctor?

25 Xiao Li Peng A PAINFUL NIGHT One night about two years ago, I was asleep. Suddenly my stomach hurt a little, so I got out of bed and I went to the kitchen and drank a glass of water. Then I felt better. After five minutes, I felt very bad. It was very painful. I tried to drink more water, but it still didn t work. I tried to go back to bed and lie down, then I started sweating. I wanted to knock on my mother s door, but I thought it was too late.

26 Finally, I knocked on my mother s door. I told her my stomach was very painful. She was nervous. She called my older brother, and he immediately went downstairs, then drove me to the hospital. I saw the doctor. She asked, What s the matter? I said, My stomach hurts. She touched it a few times and gave me some medicine. She told me to drink more water and don t eat junk food. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Xiao Li got a stomachache one night two months ago. T F 2. She drank a glass of milk. T F 3. She started to sweat. T F 4. She called her mother on the phone. T F 5. The doctor told her to eat more junk food. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Do you ever have trouble sleeping? 2. What do you do when you have trouble sleeping? 3. Do you eat junk food? What kind?

27 Jimmy Wang IN MY HOMETOWN Thirty-seven years ago, I was playing around a pond outside, and I accidentally fell in. I drank a lot of water. I was scared to death. I couldn t swim. At this time, my aunt was passing by and pulled me out of the pond. My stomach was so big. Later, my mom came and my mom and aunt took me to the hospital. The doctor told them, Don t worry. He is resting. I still remember one summer when I was twelve years old. I was running around outside and I accidentally fell into a large pit. I hit my head on a stone. I was bleeding a lot. I was scared silly. I didn t know how it happened. My mother took me in her arms. She was crying.

28 I saw a man in white clothes with a needle in his hand. My mom wanted me to close my eyes. I touched my head and I opened my eyes to see what the doctor was doing to my head. I knew that he was stitching up my scalp. The man in white clothes scolded me. I cried and kicked. My mother held me tightly. I couldn t move. After half an hour, my mom said, Yes, we will go home. We couldn t afford for me to stay in the hospital. There is still a big scar on my head. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Jimmy fell three times in this story. T F 2. Jimmy could swim. T F 3. He drank a lot of water. T F 4. A man in white clothes gave him stitches. T F 5. Jimmy still has a scar. CONVERSATION QUESTIONS: 1. Have you ever almost drowned? 2. Do you remember when you were twelve years old? 3. When have you been scared to death?

29 Anna Yang MY MOMENT When I was seven years old, I had a bad accident. I remember it was a sunny day. I finished class and went back home with my friends. We crossed the street, and at that moment a motor van was heading toward us. We were frightened. I fell on the road and my knee hit a stone. I couldn t think. I saw my knee was bleeding. When I woke up, I was in the hospital. My father was sitting on the bed. I couldn t remember a lot. I couldn t walk. My father sat beside me and

30 took care of me. He is very kind to me. I love my father. The doctor gave me a shot to stop the pain. My knees and hands still have scars. When I see them, I remember what happened to me. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Anna was seventeen years old when she had a bad accident. T F 2. It was cloudy when the accident happened. T F 3. She got hit by a van. T F 4. She hit her knee on a rock. T F 5. Her father took care of her at the hospital. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. How did you get to school when you were a kid? 2. Have you ever been in the hospital? 3. Do you have any scars?

31 Jessica Yunga MY ACCIDENT When I was eight years old, I had a scare. I went to my grandmother s home, where a dog bit me because it thought I was going to take its bone. I screamed loudly because it was very deep. My mother took me to the hospital. I took medicine and I got better, but I cried a lot. Then we went home. Then I began to fear dogs. It left a big scar on my right leg. It was a long recovery because I couldn t walk; I started using crutches to go to school. I felt uncomfortable and sad because I could not run. But I was happy when I used crutches. I could run and dance. I felt better, and my parents calmed down and were happy.

32 My grandmother later told me her dog was dead. It got hit by a black car. She cried many tears for her dog. It was her company, her faithful dog. It was just a bad memory. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Jessica s grandfather s dog bit her. T F 2. The dog bit her because it thought she was going to steal its bone. T F 3. Her mother took her to the hospital. T F 4. After that, Jessica became frightened of dogs. T F 5. Later on, the dog died. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever been bitten by a dog? 2. Are you afraid of dogs? 3. What other things are you afraid of?

33 Joyce Yang A BAD DAY One summer when I was about eleven years old, I learned to ride a bike. I was riding and I fell down. My right knee was bleeding a lot. I cried because it really hurt. My father took me to the doctor. After a week it felt better. After that, I am afraid to ride a bike. More than twenty years later, I still have a scar on my right knee. Now when I ride a bike, I am careful.

34 TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Joyce learned to ride a bike in the summer. T F 2. She was eleven years old at the time. T F 3. Her left knee was bleeding. T F 4. She still has a scar. T F 5. She s not careful when she rides a bike now. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Do you have any scars on your knees? 2. Are you careful when you ride a bike? 3. What s your favorite season?

35 Wei Wen Zeng I WANT TO FORGET IT FOREVER! In January 2011, my son was eight years old. I took my children to go on vacation to San Yan. It s a beautiful city. It s summer time all the time. It has a very long beach. We stayed at the Hilton. Customers swam in the sea every day. Because we didn t swim, I only took them to the swimming pool in the hotel. Our third day there, only my son swam with an inner tube because my daughter didn t feel well. I sat in the chair near the swimming pool talking on the phone with my husband. My daughter sat beside me and read a magazine. Suddenly my daughter shouted to me, Mom, my

36 brother is out of sight! I threw down my cell phone and ran ahead. I only saw the inner tube floating on the water. I cried and shouted loudly, Save my son! Save my son! Many people ran rapidly and jumped into the swimming pool. After two minutes, my son was saved from the deep end of the pool. He couldn t breathe at that time. A hotel employee gave him CPR. After a while he started breathing but he didn t wake up. We took an ambulance to the hospital. He stayed in the emergency room for eighteen hours. I stayed outside to cry for eighteen hours. Fortunately, he was saved and his brain wasn t affected. We stayed in the hospital for two days. When he felt better, we left. I always tremble when I remember it. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. It wintertime all the time in San Yan. T F 2. She stayed at the Hilton Hotel. T F 3. Her son swam with the internet. T F 4. Wei Wen s daughter noticed her brother was gone. T F 5. Wei Wen cried for eighty hours. T F CONVERSATION QUESTIONS 1. Are there beautiful beaches in your country? 2. Can you swim? 3. Where do you want to go on vacation?