point A to point B
“Thinking is pain,” my patient muses flatly
Not Enough Love
There was
Despair
dimly lit and windowless,
To Be an Internist
“How are you?”
Deck Chairs on the Titanic
“Anything we can get for you?”
APGAR
The stage is set
Pleomorphism
Forgive the cliché, but I think of Oppenheimer watching the bomb
Multiple Hats
Is the patient delirious, staff question.
Residency Drifting by
Driftwood passing as
The First Day
New badge says, “Physician,”
Medical School: A One Act Play
What did you find out?
Just Keep Breathing
Breathe in,
20/20
Many people have asked—”Why the eyes?”
Room by Room
You never forget the howl of a woman just informed that her unborn baby is dead.
Inadequate
I tried to answer your question the best I could, but again you asked it.
Q&A
“So, what are we going to do about this?”
Dear Mike,
I met your grandparents.
Okurimono*
Him, breathless, handcuffed to the oxygen tank in tow.
New Patient Visit: Sibling Exam after Death of Sister
This fits
Wake
Did you know, when I called 911, I was put on hold.
Crossed Wires
“But I’ve never had this happen before.”
Running His Mouth
I’m trapped in the room—twenty-minute visit turning to sixty.
Hospice
Driving in the dark to a South Jordan funeral home.
Mrs. T
“I don’t feel worth a damn.”
Mangled Hand
Kneeling at your bedside, I see your mangled hand.