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Cancer's tough but cancer patients stronger by B. Floyd
Posted: 13 November 2014
At Northwestern High School (NHS) many students and parents deal with cancer. Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Northwestern students personally know someone with breast cancer. NHS school nurse, Kathryn Van Gelder was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.
Van Gelder (affectionately known as Nurse V) found out she had cancer in her office when a doctor called. Nurse V stated, "I couldn't do anything but cry." Unable to finish the school day, a friend took her home. Van Gelder got home and immediately called her husband. He rushed home .
Van Gelder and family deal with her having cancer by openly talking about her diagnosis. At first her two children, Brian, 20, and Alyssa, 14, didn't want to talk about it , and instead wanted to ignore it . During treatment, her radiation made her very weak and left her feeling tired. When thinking back on the early days of her diagnosis, Nurse V recalls being too tired to even do her normal activities. "I feel like I let my kids down when I was on radiation because I was always in the bed and if they wanted to see me that's where they had to come," says Van Gelder. However difficult this time was, Nurse V stated that she was very thankful for supportive friends, family, and community members.
Now in remission, Van Gelder tries not to focus on her health concerns. She prefers to remain positive and upbeat about her circumstances.
Photo c/o K. Van Gelder
Posted: 13 November 2014
At Northwestern High School (NHS) many students and parents deal with cancer. Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Northwestern students personally know someone with breast cancer. NHS school nurse, Kathryn Van Gelder was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.
Van Gelder (affectionately known as Nurse V) found out she had cancer in her office when a doctor called. Nurse V stated, "I couldn't do anything but cry." Unable to finish the school day, a friend took her home. Van Gelder got home and immediately called her husband. He rushed home .
Van Gelder and family deal with her having cancer by openly talking about her diagnosis. At first her two children, Brian, 20, and Alyssa, 14, didn't want to talk about it , and instead wanted to ignore it . During treatment, her radiation made her very weak and left her feeling tired. When thinking back on the early days of her diagnosis, Nurse V recalls being too tired to even do her normal activities. "I feel like I let my kids down when I was on radiation because I was always in the bed and if they wanted to see me that's where they had to come," says Van Gelder. However difficult this time was, Nurse V stated that she was very thankful for supportive friends, family, and community members.
Now in remission, Van Gelder tries not to focus on her health concerns. She prefers to remain positive and upbeat about her circumstances.
Photo c/o K. Van Gelder
Nurse without Ebola in quarantine by J. Davis
Posted: 13 November 2014
Many doctors and nurses have been sent to Africa to help patients suffering with Ebola, Kaci Hickox is one of them. Hickok treated patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone with Doctors Without Borders. Although she tested negative for Ebola, she was put in quarantine.
Throughout her 21-day stay in quarantine, Hickox had been fighting against the state of New Jersey and officials. She believes that this was cruel to do to her since she did not have Ebola.
Northwestern's school nurse, Mrs. Van Gelder, believed that the 21-day quarantine is a good safety precaution to help prevent Ebola from spreading. Van Gelder believes that in order to prevent Ebola from spreading, large precautions, such as the one taken to Hickox, are crucial for the safety of others.
Posted: 13 November 2014
Many doctors and nurses have been sent to Africa to help patients suffering with Ebola, Kaci Hickox is one of them. Hickok treated patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone with Doctors Without Borders. Although she tested negative for Ebola, she was put in quarantine.
Throughout her 21-day stay in quarantine, Hickox had been fighting against the state of New Jersey and officials. She believes that this was cruel to do to her since she did not have Ebola.
Northwestern's school nurse, Mrs. Van Gelder, believed that the 21-day quarantine is a good safety precaution to help prevent Ebola from spreading. Van Gelder believes that in order to prevent Ebola from spreading, large precautions, such as the one taken to Hickox, are crucial for the safety of others.
Past feature stories can be found on ISSUU (select links below)
Northwestern football prospects
ChristmasVille: Snap! Crackle! and a Pop! of fun
OH Baby! (March of Dimes article)
Summer job: Yes or no?
My strange addicition: Northwestern H.S. edition
Staff Spotlight: Bryan Coburn
Northwestern football prospects
ChristmasVille: Snap! Crackle! and a Pop! of fun
OH Baby! (March of Dimes article)
Summer job: Yes or no?
My strange addicition: Northwestern H.S. edition
Staff Spotlight: Bryan Coburn