Walt: respond to the presentation given by the Public Health Department.
For this term our school is studying about skin and sore throats. Dr. Alison Leversha is a doctor at Starship Hospital and has had experience with skin issues and sore throats. She was talking about strep throat and how it leads to rheumatic fever if not treated.
The Warriors were also there. It was nice to have the warriors there because they represent the sports community. They did a little act when Sione Lousi didn’t want to say ‘Ahhh’
The interesting talk was by Awen Guthenbeil, a former kiwi league player who had rheumatic fever at the age of 9. He wanted to be ‘Mr. tough guy’ and hid it away from his parents. But afterwards he got so sick, that he couldn’t move. “ It was like I was paralyzed,” Awen Guthenbeil said. He got treatment which was 10 years of injections to the bottocks. However he continued to pursue his sporting career. Awen now regrets it.
Lastly to summarise, the message was “ If I have a sore throat, I’ll tell my parents”.
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