The Pura Principle

This interesting story deals with a single mother and two boys, one of which that has cancer. I found this story very interesting because it was a STORY and it held my attention. IT is nice to be entertained by stories every now and again (true or not) because it seems like now that Im in college all my readings seem to be about studies, facts and statistical information. This story was told in the voice of the brother without cancer, and his observations of his family's coping ability with his brother's cancer situation. I feel the author did a good job of drawing the readers in with the interesting story, and that allowed the message to come across nicely.

Waltz with Bashir

The scene from the movie Waltz with Bashir that stands out in my mind is the one where the guy is the only survivor on the beach and his unit left him stranded. I found it amazing that he was able to hide and not be found for hours and then swim for so long at night ultimately ending up with the unit he belonged to. Out of ALL the places he could have ended up he happened to land with his group. I know if I were in that situation I would have probably died because I'm not the best swimmer and could not have made it that far. It showed the kind of determination this man had to live and make it to safety

Annotated bibliography

1)Bojanowski, Jennifer. "Sickle Cell Disease." The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Ed. Laurie J. Fundukian. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale. 1395-1403. Gale Virtual Reference Library. 2010 Web. 3 Apr. 2011.

This article goes into detail about the disease. It also speaks of treatments and medicine used by SCA infected people. It also provides more symptoms than i have found previously.


2)Kristin Moquist, et al. "Transition Planning for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease: Embedding Neuropsychological Assessment Into Comprehensive Care." Pediatrics 126. Health Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. 3 Dec. 2010. Web. April 3 2011.

This article goes over the risk of neurophysiological impairment caused by sickle cell. It suggests alternatives strategies for addressing the needs of youth with this disease.

3)Virgil C. McKie, et al. "Neurophsychologic Impairment in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia." Pediatrics 84.Health Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. 6 Dec 1989 Web. 3 April. 2011.

This article discusses the intellegence scores of SCA people compared to normal people.It shows that sickle cell infected people scored significantly lower on cognitive measures.

4)Thomas R. Konrad, et al. "Risky behavior in teens with cystic fibrosis of sickle..." Pediatrics 101.Health Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. Feb. 1998 Web. 3 Apr. 2011.

This study does research on the risky behavior demonstrated in sickle cell infected teens and normal teens. The study showed that sickle cell infected teens were more cautious and took less risks.

5)Elliott P. Vichinsky, et al. "Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Neuroimaging Abnormalities in Neurologically..." JAMA Vol 303 No. 18.jama.assn.org. American Medical Association. 12 May. 2010. Web. 3 April. 2011.

This article was also done to research IQ levels. It is trying to bring to light possible brain disorders that are ofter overlooked and overshadowed by the other symptoms.