When Allison Watson awoke that day, she knew she was in a hospital bed. That's all. She had no idea how much time had passed since she had seen her family. When she tried to focus, her vision was blurry, and when she tried to wave someone down, she became so exhausted she thought she was dying. Hours later, when Watson was able to communicate, she asked a nurse if the news was good or bad. It's good news, the nurse replied. You had your lung transplant four days ago.
About 4,100 people in Canada have cystic fibrosis, and many are living longer today, thanks, in part, to transplants. CF mainly affects the digestive system and lungs, and there is no cure. In this candid memoir, Watson describes living with the disease and her life-altering surgery in 2014. Watson and her sister, Amy, both grew up with CF, and Allison had always believed that Amy would be the one to get a transplant first. The decision to undergo surgery was not easy. Nor was the road to full recovery. In this book, Watson, who cycled across Canada with her brother in 2008 to raise awareness of CF, describes her journey.
Автор: Gutsche Robert E. Название: A Transplanted Chicago: Race, Place and the Press in Iowa City ISBN: 0786473673 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786473670 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 33270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Examines the movement of urban blacks into small-city America through the experience of Iowa City, a town desperately trying to redefine itself. This book examines how ever-diversifying small cities continue to struggle with deciding who gets to define community identity and who makes decisions on housing, employment and education.
Автор: Bayouth Michael, Klein Kim Название: Nine Degrees North: Six Transplanted Teens in 1969 on the Remote Military Island of Kwajalein, Discover It`s Historical Truth While the Re ISBN: 0615761097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615761091 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Stop, hey, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down." Nine Degrees North serves up a coming-of-age free-fall into the transplanted lives of six high-school teenagers in the year 1969. The story unfolds on Kwajalein Island, a military missile test facility in the Pacific ocean, and is set against the music of the era. As fifteen-year-old Carrie Conroy and her friends navigate their new, isolated surroundings, they deal with military predators, first loves, and are on a fast-track to growing up in a world at war. But when questions arise about the history behind their new home and what goes on at this secret, military base, they are only met with radio silence. As their thirst for knowledge escalates, they befriend their high school History teacher who risks everything and secretly takes them to a neighboring island revealing the incredible and shocking horrors behind the fallout of the nuclear testing that befell the Marshallese people who still live there. Soon thereafter, their close friend's brother is killed in the Viet Nam war which fuels their need to do something. In an effort to bring their cause to light, and knowing that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those, who in a crisis, do nothing, they orchestrate a dangerous and perilous protest as they breach the military test facility and scale a nuclear rocket which leads to deadly circumstances. Sometimes making a difference means taking a risk and it all explodes on the page at nine degrees north of the equator.
Автор: Hondagneu-Sotelo Pierrette Название: Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens ISBN: 0520277775 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520277779 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Reveals how successive conquests and diverse migrations have made Southern California gardens, and in turn how gardens influence social inequality, work, leisure, status, and our experiences of nature and community.
Автор: Rajagopal Shakuntala Название: Transplanted from 110 Degrees in the Shade to 10 Degrees Below Zero in the Sun ISBN: 1478762799 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478762799 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 41150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: My memoir named Transplanted, from 110 F in the Shade to 10 F in the Sun, recounts my experiences as a young doctor of 23 years old who left the South Indian tropical town, Thiruananthapuram, and got dropped into a ten degrees frigid Chicago winter forty-eight hours later. Despite the strange foods I had to adjust to, the strange clothes that I needed to survive the cold, and even the strangeness of the English language (which I had hitherto believed I was well versed in, ) I was able to mold my life and likes, and establish myself as a successful pathologist, a dedicated wife, strong yet kind and loving mother and grandmother, and now a Matriarch to an extended family of fifty two in Chicagoland. I can do it attitude, an open mind and willingness to grow, and the vigor with which I faced my challenges made me successful in accepting and assimilating the American heritage for my own. How I contributed to the melting pot of America while becoming part of it, is itself a story worth reading. Anybody displaced from a place of comfort, whether 100 miles or 10,000 miles, anyone seeking guidance to overcome adversities, and anyone interested in "the Immigrant story" will find my book helpful to survive adversity and prosper in a strange land or a strange town.
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