The story “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” page 34-66 is taking about Dr. Gey’s lab took Henrietta’s cell to do research, Mary to care of it. They had built it just like he’d built everything else in the lad. Before the cell dead fast after took from body, everyone did not think that Henrietta's cell can live. Mary puts Henrietta’s cells into clean test tubes and writes “HeLa” on them to present Henrietta Lacks. Dr. Gey took eight year to graduate from medical school after that Gey and Margaret built their lab. In his lab, Henrietta's cells start growing. After Henrietta went home, she did everything like before. She didn't like Turner Station so she often brings her children back to Clover. She enjoyed her life; she would go to dance when her children go to sleep. Henrietta sent her daughter, Elsie, to Crownsville State Hospital because she could not take care of her based on her pregnancy. She goes to see her every week. Because of Henrietta's treatments, she needs to live in her cousins' house so she tells her cousins about her cancer. Henrietta says to her cousins that are uncomfortable on treatments. Rebecca calls Roland Pattiillo who can touch with Henrietta's family. He tries to ask her some questions to know her purpose. Then, he gives her phone number of Henrietta's daughter, Deborah. She connects her, but she gets nothing from her. Deborah lets her to look for her father or brothers. When Rebecca calls Day, he does not want to talk about Henrietta's cells. Henrietta does not know that her cells grow in lab. Gey goes to a show to say cells' researches. He shows a bottle of cells but he does not remind that they come from Henrietta. Gey also sends Henrietta's cells to other labs. Carrel’s chicken heart cells are a crucial step on cell culture. Henrietta starts to feel sick inside her. When she tells the doctor her condition, the doctor couldn’t help her. After her thirty-first birthday, she stayed at hospital. She was sad and cries when she sees her family in Hospital. Gey visited her and tells her about her cells were different form others, she felt happy about her cells could help people.
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