Hips are scientific Recently, our book club in residency read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. While not specifically medical, I found its subject matter relevant to Chicago: race and ethnicity, society and class, coming-of-age, gender, and femininity. These themes entirely relate to the health of my patients in clinic …
Summer cicadas— strumming golden chords
I was signing out to the night team and minutes away from going home, when suddenly a nurse called saying one of …
A candle’s light through the murk— the value of a doctor’s work— an outside gaze only sees the deed
The nature of residency is looking up the same information again and again until it sticks in your head. Reading ECGs takes practice and one …
V/Q Mismatch Confusion V/Q mismatch is a confusing subject because the terms “dead space” and “shunt” are not very intuitive definitions. Moreover, …
I saw my first firefly of the year today—
The hospital seizes the night with me—
Knuckles knock the door
With a soul-kite— with a glide-sprite—