Illness Narratives Comic

Jack: I can't move my arm! Something is really wrong with my wrist!

Jack: Owww!!! You hit me on the wrist!!!

Coach: Let me check that wrist.

Coach: You're fineee!! It's probably just a bone bruise just continue playing.

Teammate: I didn't hit him that hard.

Teammate: Jack is soft.

Teammate: He's definitely not hurt. He's probably faking it

Teammate: If I got hit like that I would be fine. I'm tough.

Teammate: Sorry Jack, it was an accident!

Jack: I don't know what to do. My wrist really hurts. I think there's something wrong with it.

Senior teammate: Don't be so soft Jack.

Teammate: I think you'll be fine...Just take a couple of days to rest up.

Later that day in Commons...

Jack in his dorm room before he goes to bed...

What's it going to take for them to believe I'm hurt!

I'm not soft.

I'll get x-rays to prove to them I'm actually hurt.

Doctor: Please hold still while I get an x-ray of your wrist.

Doctor: The results of your x-ray came back. You have a fractured Ulna in your left wrist. You need to rest for 5 weeks until your wrist fully heals.

Jack: The doctor told me, based on the x-rays, that I fractured a bone in my wrist! I'm done for the season!

Teammate: I'm sorry to hear that Jack!

Senior Teammate: Oh, wow! That's awful Jack. I'm sorry I called you soft.

Works Consulted Bibliography

Czerwiec, M. (2020). The Crayon Revolution. Graphic Medicine Manifesto, 143–164. https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv14gpf04.9