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Busy Busy finishing lunch and the afternoon begins in a few seconds. Medicine Mondays at MommyMD.org will be up later. Probably after the kids have gone down and I’m taking some deep breaths following a busy clinic of flu shots and bronchiolitis.
Make sure you go and take a look-I’ll be talking about making medical decisions regarding [...]

Here’s a glimpse of today- as best as  I can remember.
9:30- Patients trickling in but still being triaged. I’m finishing notes from yesterday. 19 charts to go. An extra  11 charts sit next to me to review.  So is a coffee cup with- no not coffee- water. Hmmm…Keeping the stories straight can be challenging.  Ooops- [...]

People ask me, “How Did You Know You Wanted to be a Doctor?” And the answer truthfully is- I didn’t.
I never WANTED to be a doctor. That would be too bold for a C-average kid to imagine. It might be fine for the valedictorian or the genius that aced the SAT’s years before they were [...]

As a pediatric office we see a lot of patients. Some really sick but most not so sick. But today?

Today took the cake.

I saw anaphylaxis in action and it wasn’t pretty.  He was struggling, gurgling, drowning in his own saliva. Bright red skin head to toe covered in hives. Wheezing and congested. In clear [...]

I said something last week to a blogger friend. I was quick and brief and thought it was helpful. Well a caring friend of hers felt I was too harsh. She says:
I went over to visit Dr. Cason’s site and while I see a ton of information informing parents how to be a good, normal [...]

Hi Everyone!!
Welcome to my first Medicine Monday! This is where each week I post the answers to the questions I have received in the previous week. Some of the questions come from my readers and some from my clinic. Believe it or not I frequently have to admit that I need to do some research [...]

It’s the kids! They are so unpredictable! Karma I know was coming back to bite me today. Since I couldn’t be there to watch my youngest get his 7 stitches I guess I need to be there to help another two year old with her sutures. Yep right in the middle of a busy but [...]

When you’re a new mom and the topic of breastfeeding comes up, it can all be overwhelming! Sometimes I find the advice to be a little black and white. You need to take breastfeeding in stride.
Some of the strict advice is unrealistic, such as: “never give your baby a pacifier, never give formula, and never [...]

Shilpan of Success Soul recently wrote a great post compiling some ways to supercharge your brain. This sparked some debate at the notion that hugging a stranger would help your brain.  He was called a “Tree-Hugging Hippie” for this radical idea that touch can be helpful for our well being. Well Shilpan, you were right [...]

A collection of my two year old’s daily reports keep piling up in his new classroom. They chronicle his day, what he ate, how he slept and most of all what he said. This morning I grabbed a handful and headed out the door. As I waited at the the stop light I thumbed through [...]