Roses Persist
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
There are two rose bushes that live on the east side of my house that were there when I moved in. They are beautiful and strong, they live on and grow high despite their neg ...
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Gray
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
When I was younger I loved to dye my hair, but my hair never really took to the color. I tried to go blonde, but it turned out just slightly lighter brown. I went red and ke ...
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Moving on Up
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Shortly after I wrote my last post, I started on my nights rotation, a six week block of time during which I worked 14 hour shifts five days a week overnight. It was an incr ...
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Cancer
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Disclosing someone's diagnosis of cancer is a morbid privledge. There is tension that hangs in the air as you sit with the patient and their family, all gathered to hear wha ...
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Update from the Front
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Caroline crawls now. She pulls herself along with the strength of a woman with a mission and gets herself into fabulously perplexing situations. Nothing makes her happier th ...
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Morning Drama
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
I had to go in to work this morning to round and, while I was glad to have the rest of the day off, it is still unhappy to wake up before dawn, pry yourself out of your warm ...
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Dear Colin
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Dear Colin,
Your life has been completely turned upside down the last six months and while I'm not going to apologize for it, I do want to applaud you and tell you that you ...
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New Year
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Happy New Year! Guess what one of my resolutions is this year?
Residency is trucking along relentlessly and so does everything else. The kids are getting older by the secon ...
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Bad Mommy
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
We've been told by Colin's teachers that he is an exceptionally bright boy, eager to learn and quick to master new challenges. He demonstrates, we are further informed, a l ...
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Distance
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
About a week ago, I got home while it was still daylight and got out of my car to find the kids at my neighbor's house. Colin was running joyfully around the backyard, in a ...
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My Loves
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Every night, usually between dinner and bath time, we have the following exchange.
COLIN
Okay! It's time for me to go to work!
KATIE!Colin, we just finished dinner! Let ...
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Trainable Idiot
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Today, I started residency. I put on my long white coat, walked into several patients' rooms, and said, "Hi, there! I'm a doctor, as you can see by the length of my coat. Yo ...
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A Lovely Drink
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
In trying to do what I thought best for her, I may have done Caroline a disservice.
Colin had a bottle of formula very early in his life, in the hospital on his second ni ...
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Growing
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
How has it been a MONTH since I wrote to you last? You will not believe what has happened in that time: Caroline has turned into a little person. She is awake and smiling at ...
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Learning
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
On the whole, things continue to go swimmingly around here, largely due to the fact that Colin is a good kid and is taking this whole thing like a champ, as well as the fact ...
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Tomorrow
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
I'm being induced tomorrow.
I am to arrive at the hospital no later than 7am, at which point I will be admitted to the hospital, given an IV, and started on medicine to i ...
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