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She was alert and cranky and sitting up making everyone a little cranky too. I’m mean that’s what seven year olds do right? I would have been more annoyed except she had pneumonia and I kinda felt sorry for her. It was really socked in, a complete white out on one side and with fluid [...]

Last night I spent a teeny amount of time looking at all the Google searches that have found their way to my doorstep. Interestingly enough a lot of them were doctor related. Probably because I have Dr in my title and my most popular post is about doctoring. Hmmm…no mystery there. I never interviewed other [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

Not much will keep me out of the clinic. I even drag my sick children in and have them sleep aside my computer. They get to drift into dreamland while I float in and out of the patient’s room. I can check on them all the while I get my work done. And when I’m [...]

There it is. It’s out there. Not as glamorous or as compelling as it once sounded but there all the same. It is what it is.  (That’s my new phrase from my Bali trip. You’ll see it more often I’m sure.) My post The Ugly Side of Being a Doctor was written as a quick [...]

Back from Bali just a week now. To say that I needed a vacation is like saying I needed water or food. It was obvious and not a fact to be quibbled over except of course to me. You see running around with frenetic energy is what I do. I’ve perfected it. Even when my [...]

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 [...]

Little Miss Blue Eyes starts first grade tomorrow. I saw the class list today. She has Mrs. X. My heart sank a little. You see I was warned that Mrs. X is strict. In fact a lot of people requested that their child NOT be in her classroom. I didn’t. I waited to see how [...]