By a mom who happens to be a doc with an entrepreneurial spirit
Protect our healers In medicine, we love talking about case reports, which are essentially brief, patient based medical stories. Today, I want to start our post with a case report of sorts. Follow along, and you will see how it ties in with our…
Reflections on death, emotions and logic in medicine It’s 9:30 am on a Wednesday, I get on the elevator and I hear a man, in his 40’s, having a conversation on his cell. He says: “He had a brain bleed yesterday and they had…
Making change happen Ahhhh change. It comes so hard to all of us! Forming a new healthy habit can be as elusive as that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow 😉. Of course, there is much variability. Some behaviors are…
Fighting the good fight: respect antibiotics This week let’s talk about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: antibiotics. As a physician who works with the sickest patients in the hospital, I consider antibiotics lifesaving therapy. I truly respect antibiotics. They…
When school shootings become the norm and kids do more adulting than adults I was debating whether or not to discuss this topic on this life post this week, mostly because I want to discuss topics that are applicable to all. Today’s topic is very…
Join this week, as I share the lessons I have learned from working in the ICU and how they translate to everyday life.
I remember teaching our daughter to ride a bike a couple of years ago. She said “Mama, I’m scared.” I told her, “It’s ok, let go and trust us.” It took a little coaxing, but ultimately she took off without training wheels. Trust, lies, deception.…
