REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Reflections on the life of a Liver Cancer Patient

Reflections on the life of a Liver Cancer Patient

Introduction

The word 'Hospital' has a phenomenon of creating an atmosphere of pain and mourning with terrible feeling in the mind, and admission to the hospital means something very serious to the physical body of the person.

One evening I was in the kitchen garden, busy in my hobby. Suddenly I got a call from my neighbour for help. I came to know that her 17 year old son has fainted and she needs my help for driving her to the hospital. We have very close relations with our neighbours as we have been together for more than 25 years. We took him Red Cross Family Hospital.

After sometime, James was brought out of the emergency room. We waited there. He had canolas at several places. His face was pale. The doctors had to give emergency anaesthesia to relieve out his pain. He could hardly talk. He was then taken to his room. I couldn't see the pain and sorrow within the body of a boy who grew up with me. I went around roaming the hospital. The nurses were on duty. Some were taking to the temperature of the patients, and some were giving the medicines. They were dutiful and sweet natured. Soon it became time for doctors to be on round in the ward for examining the patients.

I observed different wards for different diseases. The cancer ward filled me with an inexplicable fear. I started thinking about the James and cancer patients and their family members. All of a sudden I heard the loud cry, coming from the emergency ward. Someone had died I thought, and the precise reality made me too nervous to remain there anymore.

History of James Ailment

We reached the hospital on time and the doctor took both mother and son inside the emergency ward. I could actually feel the pain of his mother as I treated that boy as my little brother. I was very much depressed by the incident. James (the boy) have and been diagnosed with Liver Cancer at the age of 11. He had diet issues from the day he was born. He never had hearty meals. Whenever he does, he vomits it out. The cancer was never diagnosed before the age of 11. Doctors always suggested that the immune system is weak and need to be revitalized. Before the diagnosis, James had a prosperous year. He never had any serious problem just few cramps rarely.

Following his 11th birthday, James started losing weight, unexplained fevers, appetite and started having severe cramps, usually after having dinner or lunch. Mrs. Taylor (James mother) took him to hospital where doctor diagnosed him for the Liver Cancer. The tumour wasn't big enough for that time, and it was curable. Mrs. Taylor had a light of hope that his sons will survive.

For the span of three years, the tumour was regarded as compensated cirrhosis (meaning that there are no complications of liver ...