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South Carolina
“After The Storm”
By: Yvonne Lehman

22 March 2014
Health Science 3
Ms. Kines

This book was about a woman who had to deal with the aftermath or her son, mother, daughter in-law, and grandson’s car accident. It is one of three stories in a non-fiction novel called South Carolina. This book focuses on legal responsibilities, medical terminology, diseases and conditions. The main character in this book is a woman named Sharon Martin. She lost her mother, son, and daughter in-law in a car crash. Her grandson, Bobby was also in the crash. Bobby was placed into intensive care after the crash and was on the verge of dying. Sharon Martin is a Christian woman who values family over everything. She is now taking care of Bobby, her grandson who was hurt in the crash. Doctor Luke Sinclair is hopeful about his recovery, and is also clueless to his real relation to Sharon. Luke’s father is Judge Marcus Sinclair. When the judge was younger and during a rough patch with his wife, he had an affair with Sharon. She was young at the time and lied about her age and her name. Judge Sinclair doesn’t recognize her now and doesn’t know the relation. Sharon remembers though. Her son, who died in the crash, was fathered by Judge Sinclair. Bobby, who is being worked on by Marcus’s son Luke, is Marcus’s grandson. Sharon has to decide how to tell Marcus about his son, the one he was never able to meet. She has to decide how to introduce him as Bobby’s grandfather. This book is based in South Carolina, so many of the places are familiar to me. The author of this book, Yvonne Lehman wrote these books to try and help other people understand the power that Christ has in our lives. She tries to portray difficult situations, how these characters turned to God to give them the answers and help them through the hard times. She tried to make the stories as realistic as possible so that people see you can be faced with any of these situations, but you can overcome them with the help of the Lord. This explains the basic theme that God conquers all. One of the first “medical problems” that comes up is organ donation. Sharon must decide whether or not to sign off, to donate her mother and her son’s organs. While this is going on, they’re trying to find a match for Bobby’s blood type so they can have more blood available. Bobby is AB negative. Bobby went into a coma right after surgery. A coma is a state of prolonged unconsciousness. The doctors believe Bobby entered this coma because of the trauma his brain was put through in the crash. Bobby had to have his spleen removed in surgery. His spleen had developed a hematoma that ruptured. A hematoma is a circumscribed collection of blood caused by a break in a blood vessel. The doctors had to constantly monitor his heart rate, blood pressure, and cerebral pressure. Being that he was in a coma, Bobby had a catheter placed in him. This tube helped drain fluids, such as urine, from his bladder. They monitored his cerebral pressure because the swelling of the brain can lead to permanent brain damage. The doctors didn’t know the full extent of the damage caused by this crash; they weren’t sure how much trauma had already occurred. In time, Bobby came out of his coma. At first, Bobby would tire easily and couldn’t keep up with the other kids, through therapy he was able to build back his strength and fully recover. The process was long, but eventually he was able to go back to living a normal life. They were all able to overcome this tragedy in just a year or two. The legal matters in this book mainly referred to the custody issues with little Bobby. Sharon assumed that because she had been with Bobby since he was born that she would be granted custody. Bobby’s maternal grandparents also wanted custody of him. They thought that it would be a better environment for him in their home. Sharon asked Marcus, Judge Sinclair, for his legal advice. He was preparing her for a court battle and they were working together to keep Bobby. Luckily enough, the maternal grandparents realized that Bobby wasn’t as comfortable around them as he was around Sharon. They decided to drop the battle and leave Bobby in Sharon’s custody.
I really enjoyed this book! It was a great story, and the author made great points. I liked how realistic it was and how this story could happen to anyone. I love the fact that the story was based in South Carolina. She talked about Mount Pleasant a lot; it was interesting to have been around some of the places that were recognized in this story. I would recommend this book to everyone! If you’re a Christian, I think you would enjoy this book. I believe your faith will only grow by reading this. If you’re not a Christian, there is so much to gain from this book. You think your trials and tribulations are the worst, but here you find someone, a family with the greatest of trials and you see how with God they were able to get through it all. This book is now on my all time favorites!

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