6 minute read - CRUNCH! Monique popped another chip into her mouth, biting down loudly before she responded to our question. I must have worn my annoyance on my face; she gave me an apologetic look as she swallowed. Only midway through my third year in medical school, I was still working on the ability …
No. 19: The time I rushed my mom to the hospital… in another continent
8 Minute Read-Intern Year: “I am well... in Jesus name,” came my mom’s soft voice through the phone. She sounded faint, as though she had just run a marathon and was finally laying down to rest. “What’s wrong, mom?” I asked, knowing that when she said things like this, it usually meant something was not …
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No. 10: My patient was abandoned by her family
7 Minute Read-Intern Year: “The problem is… you don’t have enough sex,” said my patient as I helped her back into bed. “ExCUSE me?!” I spurted incredulously, watching her as she chuckled. She was an 80-something-year-old, spunky, olive-toned woman with silvery white hair she wore in a long braid down her back. She demanded I …
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