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Medical Emergency
With lines from “West Virginia Doctors Work To Bridge Healthcare Gap in Rural Areas” by William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman, Janet Tobias, and Courtney Norris, a Pulitzer center reporting project.
I remember it like it was yesterday
My dad was working his car
A light drizzle had soaked the ground
And then it happened
I was sitting on my bed when it happened
My mother rushed into my room
“Come downstairs and help me” she asked me
I ran downstairs and there I saw what had happened
My father had cut his hand open with his tools
My father sat there with his hand cut wide open
My mom panicking saying he needs an ambulance
But he wouldn’t call 911 because it would cost too much
With his car broken he would’ve had to take my moms car
He said it was “too far away” and the car couldn’t be gone that long
He was right, he couldn’t be gone that long
He patched himself up and put a bandage on his hand
And like that he went on with his life
Deeming it too much of a struggle for transportation to the hospital
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