Documentary Subject

 
Outline:

This interview could be used for a documentary describing childhood illnesses and over coming such illness; molding into a more powerful person. Documentaries like this could be based off just a scientific side of certain illnesses, with the interview being a snippet into the actual child going through it themselves, or just about how powerful children are in general, regardless of what they are going through (since usually people assume children are weak and fragile little things). Or, going even deeper into the meaning behind the documentary, and how useful the interview really could be, the documentary could be solely on cancer and how it effects lives, of all ages, and this just being an incite on how it affects children. Not to mention a documentary about the actual hospital it self that houses cancer patients and how that hospital functions.

Bio & Questions:

Omar Queisi is a fourteen year old sophomore in high school. He seems normal on the outside, going to school, socializing, and being his over all goofy, fun loving self, but not everything was sunshine and rainbows for Omar. When he was 12 years old he was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer that changed his life completely. For about a year and a half he was in and out of the hospital under going chemo therapy. He is officially cancer free back to school, back at home, living a "normal" life. He goes about his weeks helping other bone cancer patients (all children) and pushing them to move forward, while still pushing himself to move forward as well. 

1. How did you find out about your illness? What warning signs did you and your family see/feel?

2. How was the overall effects of chemotherapy? How many did you have to take? How long did each session last? How did it make you feel entirely? 

3. You were so young when you were diagnosed, you still are, what were the overall feelings you had during that time? Did you feel like your life was going to change forever or did you plan on staying tough and attempting at a normal childhood? Was it hard to maintain that "normal" childhood you used to have for the most part?

4. Was it tough to stay positive? Did staying positive feel like it helped you during the process?

5. What crazy science/ medical terms have you learned from all of this?

6. Did any other past cancer patients mentor you through your illness? How so?

7.  How do you feel now after being completely cancer free? Do you still go in for check ups? Is it awkward (seeing nurses/doctors/the rooms/ the atmosphere in general)? 

8. How did your illness mold you into the person you are today? Do you feel stronger?

9. I've heard you tell your fellow classmates that you got the scar on your leg from fighting off a shark, is that true? What is the craziest thing you've said about your surgery scar? Is it a painful memory or is it something you love and feel is apart of you emotionally (positively)?

10. What do you tell over cancer patients? How has it helped them?