Nama-stay
Big surgery, long hospital stay
Viable
They both came from big families
I Can Do This For A Living
Oncology, another clinical rotation.
Looking In
Chemo, Cancer, CAT scans
In Conversation with My Mother
“Your mother is my idol,” one of her
residents says to me.
In Conversation with My Daughter
Hurried first-grade drop-off: “You working moms care more about your work than your kids.”
The Fall
The aftermath was filled with fear and despair.
Respite in the Garden
Meeting in the GEM Court Garden, a vital hidden oasis in the center of the concrete VA campus…
The Neurosurgical Clerkship*
I am the very model of a preceptor neurosurgical…
Gero-Psych, 2:19 AM (“I Heard Church Bells”)
Beyonce singing Etta sings to Byhalia…
Press-Ganey
You were very late.
Ischemic Hope
“I’m 55 and unhealthy. Hoped to make 60. Heart’s not working. What are my options?”
Leading from a Chair
A pandemic and an earthquake hit in the same week.
“School” (Spring 2020)
My fifth grader received an F in online band.
Mother
Five, vibrant, and full of life.
Mentors
So many: educators, peers, researchers, patients, students, friends.
Grieving
So, my daughter will die?
Code Sesame
Code called. Up the stairs. Into the room.
Initial Management of Acute Onset Chronic Imposter Syndrome
Remind yourself that you endured 12 years of postgraduate education.
Ready…Set…
The Navajo Reservation, first day on call.
Acceptable
Children give me permission.
always forward
you have three-quarters of a leg on the left
Being for the Benefit of Mr. B
Doritos on chest. South Park.
Critical Care Fellow
Wet, cold, black surrounds me
Darkness
Darkness descends