Grief Palliation at the Microscope

All your life
He treated you like a queen.

Then he treated you like dirt.
Insult.
Vulgarity.
Rage.

The uninformed and overly emotional,
They blamed you.

He died.
You wanted an answer.

With eye and scope, I examine his brain.
Tau around vessels.
Tau at sulcal depths.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
In life, heartbreak.
After his death, redemption.

Christian Davidson, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Christian is a neuropathologist at the University of Utah. Pathologists play a vital role in the care of their patients, but it is largely a behind-the-scenes role. Yet every once in a great while, patients need their direct counsel. It is these moments (rare as they are) that will stay with pathologists forever.

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