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I am sorry, honey

I had run the hill past the Montessori school hundreds of times But now I couldn’t, breathless. Then, blood in my eye, in my nose. An exquisite April day Under a flowering tree in the park I told my husband they saw blasts in my blood. Leukemia. A turn in the course of our lives. …

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Sonja Van Hala

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Email: sonja.vanhala@hsc.utah.edu
Issue: Volume 10
Bio: I am a Family Medicine physician with 18 years of experience as a clinician educator. I served as the University of Utah Family Medicine Residency Director from 2005 to 2018, working to create a dynamic residency training program responsive to the needs of the community and our trainees. I enjoyed supporting the creation of our residency blog and contributing posts as an author. My areas of interest are leadership and provider wellness. In April 2020, I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and took a medical leave of absence for treatment and recovery.