Sunshining
June 15, 2009 at 11:58 am | In Life, Opinion, PoliticsI’m sitting outside at the hospital, having already had my fill of caffeine and lunch, in the sunshine. My mind has been on events in Iran; popular uprisings like this always capture my attention, but this one is quite personal. I wonder if my many cousins in Iran — in Tehran, Ahwaz, and elsewhere — are out on the streets, putting their lives at risk for an ideal.
Additions and Losses
March 19, 2009 at 5:39 pm | In Life, Sports, Update, WorkIt’s been a whirlwind of a time these last 7-1/2 weeks, with a constant 24-hour cycle of baby care that has kept us poorly rested, poorly fed, and utterly, blindingly happy since January 25. I can’t say I’ve ever had a better experience, despite the frequently desperate and all-consuming fatigue, the frustration when he’s crying for no apparent reason, the inability to get out of the house in under thirty minutes…
Rapid
March 19, 2009 at 9:23 am | In Life, UpdateI can’t believe how quickly my family leave has come and gone. I have to go back to work in 3 days… it’s going to be a really hard two weeks.
Two Weeks
February 8, 2009 at 12:22 pm | In Life, UpdateOn January 24, N. awoke with painful contractions, and by 3 pm we were at the hospital. She was far enough along to get an epidural, which relieved her very significant pain, and she labored in relative comfort through the night. Finally by 5 am on the 25th, she began pushing and by 8:30 am, our son C. was born.
Please, I implore you
January 11, 2009 at 5:33 pm | In MedicineWhen working in a nursing home, and encountering a little old lady who has fallen over and turned blue, please make sure she doesn’t have a pulse before you start pounding on her chest like a gorilla throwing a temper tantrum. She’s liable to break a rib that way!
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