Deaf or Death: The Wrench in the Works ~
Posted by LaRonda on July 21st, 2007(Ch. 13 of my story of how I became deaf…)
I lay in an emergency room at St. Agnes Hospital shivering from chills brought on by my rapidly rising fever. I was waiting for Dr. Keller and Mama to arrive. I still had enough sense to know I needed to tell someone I was on my period and was using a tampon. So, I let my step-dad, Roger, know since he was in the room with me. He quickly grabbed the first staff person who passed by the room, told them, and asked them what I should do. That person simply responded, “Tell her to take out her tampon so that the doctor can fully examine her.”
