Tosin kicked a stone in frustration, shoulders slumped, tears brimming in his eyes. He pushed them back sniffing hard. He had just come back from the cyber cafe, where he checked his course of admission. He had avoided going with his friends because of fear and apparently now shame was eating him from within.
His emotional state did not stop nature's call as he felt the urgent need to micturate. Looking around he decided to do just that, at the back of the old building in front of him. Zipping down his fly, he began micturating at the back of the window, when an old woman open it and hit him in the head with a wooden spoon, "What do you think you are doing there omode yi? Ehn. Don't let me come and meet you there o. No wonder the place is always stinking because of you kids, Leave that place now!"
Tosin ran away zipping his fly on the way having not fully eased himself.
Looking ahead of him, he saw Dr. Banke, the woman his mother worked for. Running up to her, he collected her bag of groceries.
" Good afternoon ma. You didn't drive today?"
"Pele, how are you? I did. I took it to the mechanic when I was coming back, it was giving some funny noises, that I didn't like "
"Oh, okay ma"
"Ehen Tosin, your mother told me that you planned to check your admission status today. Have you checked it?"
"Yes ma" he replied begrudgingly drawing lines on the ground with his sandals.
"So ki na fun e? What did they give you? Is it the Medicine you put in for?"
"No ma, it's just one course"
"Just one course? What course?" Dr. Banke put a hand on his shoulder stopping their walk and turning him to face her.
"Physiology ma"
"Physiology, I see. You don't like it?"
"It's just one course that is given to those who do not pass enough for Medicine"
Dr. Banke chuckled, "Is that what you think?, Certain people put in for physiology from the outset o"
"Look Tosin, unlike your thoughts which show that you're less informed, I have more knowledge on this subject than you, so allow me to open your mind to this"
"Yes ma" Tosin looked at his feet, being a doctor was the only way out of his financial situation.
" Physiology is the study of the functions of the organs in the body. Physiology is a branch of medicals that talks about the functioning (normal and abnormal) of the structures in the human body.
Human physiology seeks to understand the mechanisms responsible for the development and progression of life. The reason humans are living beings is as a result of complexity and they respond to things differently.
Sensation of pressure causes people to respond by withdrawal, Hunger leads to looking for food right?
All these start from cells and the complexity of the cells, how they cause the body to relate and react to it's external environment while maintaining it's international environment is what Physiologists study.
"It sounds deeper than I thought"
"There's no Medicine student who did not or isn't even doing Physiology! Physiology along side Anatomy makes strong pillars in medicine.
Mind you, I studied Physiology myself"
"Really? But you're a doctor ma?" Tosin asked looking at her confusingly.
"I did my PhD Tosin, And you can yours too"
"Okay ma" He grinned his once gloomy eyes filling with light.
"You should do more research on Physiology, you can study Membrane Physiology; Nerves and Muscles, Endocrinology, Gastro intestinal Physiology, Aviation, Space and Deep-Sea diving Physiology. This teaches the normal and abnormal functioning of the body in situations as such as this.
So, there are a lot of regions you can specify in and add to the medical field"
"Okay ma! I will definitely do more research on it"
" As you should. Now give me my bag, I'm going to visit Mummy Deborah, she wasn't in church on Sunday. Also, tell your mom to come to my house this evening, I have something small to give her"
Tosin prostrated, "Thank you ma"
"Okay, off you go" Dr. Banke smiled and turned to her route.
Tosin half- jogged, half-ran home, stimulated now that he could actually do Physiology, be proud of it, be an addendum to the medical society and pave his and his mother's way out of poverty.
Oh! He also needed to micturate!
Writer Details:Temidayo✍️
Location:Ekiti State University,Ado Ekiti,Nigeria🇳🇬.
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