Mar 11, 2021Two Ideas on How to Remember & Respect Lives Lost Due to COVIDBefore then President-Elect Biden stood at the Reflecting Pool on January 19, 2021 and lit up 400 lanterns in memoriam of lives lost due to COVID, he succinctly declared “to heal, we must remember”. Like many Americans, I went to a local site that night to pay my respects and…Covid 193 min readCovid 193 min read
May 31, 2020Resetting End-of-Life Care Communication in the ERIn March, after treating my first COVID-19 case in full PPE, I sent a message to a friend to “expect a resetting of human priorities” during and after this pandemic. As days and weeks become months, the biggest reset in the Emergency Room (ER) is how we communicate with patients…Covid 195 min readCovid 195 min read
Apr 30, 2020Places We Go: Matamoros, Mexico (Part 2 of 2)The People Continued from Part 1 Along the way, I meet Taylor (name changed for privacy), a colorful, energetic twenty something young man who ‘was kicked out of high school for doing some stuff I shouldn’t have’. But, wow, has he done right with his life since! Taylor lives next…Matamoros9 min readMatamoros9 min read
Apr 30, 2020Places We Go: Matamoros, Mexico (Part 1 of 2)“What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history, we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunates…Matamoros8 min readMatamoros8 min read
