Journal 11- Alyssa

A profile I really enjoyed is on page 177, with Lee Buono the neurosurgeon and his 8th grade teacher, Al Siedlecki. This profile really helped understand the importance of both careers. Even after 20 years Lee thought about and even thanked his teacher for how far he has came in life. It made Al realize that he is actually doing something right. Al said, "you're the fuel that keeps people like myself going. I'm a teacher. Its my passion. And I'm going to help as many people as I can, for as long as I can, to find their passion too. Tha'ts something you gave back to me. I'm so happy I had you as a student". That's a huge impact to make on someone. Al also said to lee, "Lee, you could probably be a neurosurgeon. You're that good". That right there is what helped Lee make his career choice in life. After twenty years and doing many surgeries and he stills tells his patients and their families about how incredible his teacher was.

A neurosurgeon is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system including congenital anomalies, trauma, tumors, vascular disorders, infections of the brain or spine, stroke, or degenerative diseases of the spine.

I did research on the profile about Veterans Crisis Hotline. There are many different hotlines for veterans to use. It was founded in 2004 and more than 3 million calls have been answered. Dispatched services to callers in crisis nearly 78,000 times. The line added anonymous online chat services in 2009 and engaged in over 363,000 chats. In November 2011, the Veterans Crisis line introduced text messaging service. To provide another way for veterans to connect, confidentially, with round the clock support and has responded to more than 81,000 texts.

The phone number is 1-800-273-8255. Website www.veteranscrisisline.net and text is 838255
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/About/AboutVeteransCrisisLine.aspx