The Following Report is a Reflective Study by Shawna Wingert 2022

Running head: REFLECTION
Reflection
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author’s name

REFLECTION1
5R reflection model
The following reflection will be done using the 5 R’s (report, respond, relate, reason and
reconstruct) reflection model.
Report
The following report is a reflective study by Shawna Wingert. It is a first-person
reflective essay where the author is stating the role of a mother while caring for her sick child. In
the article, the author or the mother tells about her child, how he has a chronic illness;
specifically, the child has a defected autoimmune system. The person who has been represented
as the mother of the child in the reflection states that the child had four hospital visits and more
than 48 prescriptions filled over a year. Along with the defected autoimmune system, the child
has an autism spectrum also. The reflection shows the struggle of the mother, regarding how
much she struggles while taking care of the child (Wingert, 2015). The reported issue that had
been identified in this article was the distress a patient/family member feels when there is a lack
of communication. The child was unable to reciprocate with the mother, and the mother feels
broken to see her child suffering from a life-threatening disorder.
Respond
While reading the reflection, I was able to understand the pain through which the child
was going through, since he could not converse properly, especially with his mother, it was a lot
of pain. The child was not able to express most of his feelings, though when he was asked how
he is feeling, he used to nod. But not only was the child but taking care of the child also very
stressful and depressing for the mother. Whenever she used to watch other mothers and normal