Toward the end of 2020, my book club read the book You Are a Bada** by Jen Sincero. If you’ve read another one of my posts and seen reference to this, my apologies. I have since been a little obsessed with a lot of the concepts she preaches. I’ll also take this moment to apologize to […]
It was the day after the last day of second year of residency. The last 365 days had been jam packed with intense learning for Rhett. We took a long drive as a family to reconnect and give our brains a break. It soon became apparent that this brain break was much needed. As people […]
The date was June 27th, 2020. Dustin was at the end of his 2nd year of orthopedic surgery residency training at a hospital in beautiful Southern California. His city was known for its elite status as a “Blue Zone,” a testament to the overall health of its occupants. Second year of orthopedic training is notoriously […]
It had been five minutes since I turned on the sound machine in my daughter’s room. At just over one year old, she is the world’s most sensitive sleeper fifty percent of the time. We tiptoe when we walk down her hallway, and we refuse to watch anything with guns or a laugh track after […]
In our house, we have no germs. I know what you’re thinking. “How is that possible? You have two kids!” First, I resent the implication that kids are germ-infested creatures. To think they house and spread germs more frequently just because they lick and touch everything and drool and sneeze all over everything, is simply […]
Today I’m sharing an unedited excerpt from the first draft of my current work in progress. (Yikes!) In case you haven’t been following, this book is a how-to, how-not-to, comedic insight into what it’s like to be a partner to a medical professional in training. As the days have been getting hotter, the sunshine has […]
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Disease Control has decided to uplift the spirits of the communities on the front lines by hosting a Match Day party for up-and-coming physicians. Match Day parties, a time-honored tradition among fourth year medical students, are held on a Friday morning every year. Match Day […]
As a writer, I’ve always believed in the importance of journaling. For the sake of posterity, I try to record as much as I can about our lives. In today’s case, I am impressed to make a record of a love lost: the apartment we said goodbye to this month. I am deeply depressed to […]
Yesterday was the first day of the “medical new year.” A new batch of handsome residents started at the hospital. They have that cute, deer in the headlights look, and I am just dying to meet my little newbies. There’s something so innocent about their specific mix of excitement and fear. I am not naive. […]
Yesterday, June 24th, a memorial was held to honor the memory of Johnny Dough, a beloved third year medical resident at Lima Londa Hospital in Southern California. His friends, family, and the medical community in which he was an integral part will miss him dearly. “I wish I had seen the signs,” said one of […]
