My Sisters Keeper

In the novel "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult , a young girl, Anna is fighting a hard stage in her life filled with tough decisions. Her older sister Kate was diagnosed with Leukemia at the age of two. Anna was a result of the perfect embryo from her parents, this would make it so that everything Kate would need to help her live, Anna had. Anna grew up believing she was alive for only that reason. She is now facing a tough decision. Anna is wanting to sue her parents, because of the use of her body. She approached a lawyer, who agrees to probono her case.

Leukemia

Leukemia is a infection with the leukocytes (whiteblood cells). Whyte blood cells are used to fight infection, but when you are diagnosed with this type of cancer, the blood cell are useless and infected. They form abnormal cells, and these are the leukemia cells.

Risks

Radiation- people that are exposed to this have a higher chance of gettin acute Leukemia.

Atomic Bombs- Any where near these , the exposure is very strong and is a cause of Leukemia

Smoking-this give people a high risk of catching acute leukemia

Chemotherapy- another cause of high exposure that result in a higher risk of Leukemia

Symptoms

The symptoms depend on the location of the cancer if your brain is infected you may have mass headaches, vommiting, confusion, tight and less muscle, and sevre seizures.

Leukemia is able to infect the body in many different areas.

Diagnosis

Physical exams-your Dr. looks for swollen lymph nodes, spleen or liver

Blood Tests- checking the number of white,red blood cells and platlets.

Biopsy-you Dr. looks at your tissue for cancer cells.

Link: http://www.medicinenet.com/leukemia

The Lottery and Perils of Indifferance

1) The Danger of being despicable

2)The ending of "The Lottery" to me and most people does seem disturbing. The village people were able to take Tessies life without showing and emotiong or empathy. They did it a second time so she would have her husband murdered. The village people were able to take Tessies life like it was normal. I would relate this carless act to what is happening right now in Darfur. The army over in Africa are taking young children and brainwashing them with thoughts saying its okay to kill someone and not feel anything. They want to make these children cold hearted and Canada nor the US are doing anything about it. We are sitting here in a computler class writing about this like its okay, when right now at this very moment families are being killed and the young men are being taken from the homes to make the army bigger. The boys in Darfur start training at a young age to be able to kill people with no feeling.

3)Eli Wiesels