Throughout this pandemic, but most especially in the very beginning, so many people expressed their gratitude for my colleagues and me on the front lines fighting COVID. My pastor called us “COVID Fighters,” and I have always loved that title.
New Yorkers, all on lockdown, would go out their windows…
I keep reading that the Omicron variant is much milder: “ The details of the Omicron variant are becoming clearer, and they are encouraging,” writes the NY Times.
I keep reading that hospitalizations are way less; cases are milder; and the disease is not as bad as that with previous…
When we first got married, my wife and I weren’t keen on having children right away. We both wanted to advance our careers. And yet, as time passed, our hearts softened to the idea of having a child. …
I don’t want anyone to get Covid after being fully vaccinated, a so-called “breakthrough infection.” I wish they would never happen. The reality is, however, breakthrough infections do happen. And, it seems, they are happening more often this Fall.
This is not totally surprising. While it would be ideal for…
“ This is the one who will keep you busy tonight. “
These were the words of my partner in the ICU, signing out a woman who was suffering from ongoing bleeding from her gastrointestinal tract. She came into the hospital for a routine endoscopy. Suddenly, she started bleeding. …
This is my second pandemic Thanksgiving.
As I reflect back on all that has happened since early 2020, when SARS CoV-2 hit our shores in full force, it does nothing if it has not left me awe-struck. There has been so much that we at the bedside have experienced. …
The opioid crisis has taken the lives of thousands of people in our country. In fact, according to the CDC, opioid overdose deaths hit over 100,000 for the first time in the 12-month period ending this past January. That is a devastating number.
I am fully vaccinated and boosted. I’m all in on wearing masks, especially indoors during the winter. If for nothing else, it should help prevent me getting not only a breakthrough Covid infection (which is not fun), but also the flu and colds this winter.
There is just one problem…
“I’m more comfortable with naturally fighting [Covid-19] off than taking a shot that they said [is] 99% effective and no risk, to then track back and say we missed something.”
This is how someone close to me explained why he didn’t get vaccinated against Covid-19. There is so much to…
He was struggling to breathe. His oxygen levels kept declining, and he needed to come to the ICU to be placed on a ventilator. He had metastatic cancer, and his upper airway muscles were so weak that he kept inhaling his stomach contents into his lungs.
When I saw him…
