It was another sleepless night intern year. I was called to bedside of a deathly ill old woman because her oxygen level was low despite being on the maximum amount of oxygen. I pulled up her x-ray. I squinted to figure out what I was looking out, in case it wasn’t obvious enough. A massive [...]
2:30 AM
The night was going smoothly, the numbers of pages were few, yet the whole day I had this unsettling feeling. Perhaps it was a lack of food. I decided to order in. I looked at my watch seeing it was around 1AM. Even though it’s NYC even here the options on the Upper East Side [...]
Looks
As a kid I hated going to the doctor; absolutely hated it. I didn’t like the uncertainty. There was the stick in the throat which inevitably made me gag. The prospect of getting a shot. There was the smell of disinfectant in the air. I may go as far as to say I was scared [...]
The not so awkward silence
It’s amazing how much can be said by silence. In our ever changing (unfortunate) move to assembly line “pack as many patients as you can” medicine often patients are given the opportunity to talk. Some times it’s what they don’t say that speaks the most, that tells their real story. The other day I [...]
So Much More
Being a doctor is not what it used to be. More and more doctors become jaded at the system and on one hand who could blame them? Insurance companies are becoming increasingly invasive in our decision making. Paperwork is at an all time high. Compensation is decreasing while work is increasing. Still I find [...]
The Invisible Tourist
Growing up in Idaho was tough. In a predominately Mormon community of cookie-cutter looks my dark hair and features never did fit in. People soon figured I wasn’t Mexican which pretty much meant folks were confused as to “what” I was. My sister to this day angrily recalls kids at school teasing her. She had [...]
Pillow Fight at Pike Place Market
This is a pillow fight that took place at Seattle’s Pike place market. You can also view the HD footage hereas well.
- Berlin Wall Surrealism
- Missing the old ways
- Christmas in Deutschland
- New Sleeker iPods in August 2004?
- Police Helps Me Round at Hospital
- The Hellish Snoqualmie Pass
- Blood Diamond and Change
- Do No Harm
- I’m on the Float (Parody of SNL’s I’m on a Boat)
- Gateway to the Hospital
- More than an Election
- 2:30 AM
- Looks
- The not so awkward silence
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