Author: Edwin

What? No drugs? You're joking!

I saw a Hispanic gentleman with a complaint of cough, fever and chills.  Although flu like, his lung exam suggested that he had pneumonia.  His chest x-ray confirmed it.  He was hurting in his chest, back and legs.  His skin was...

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Overwhelmed

I have been off for two days.  Prior to that, I worked five days.  These were busy ER shifts in the height of flu season.  At every turn, another head peaking out of a door, another person annoyed that we weren’t moving...

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A plague of lady-bugs

It began with a faint buzzing; little more than the sound of a fly.  But as Jan went to the kitchen, the buzzing grew louder.  She tried her best to ignore the sound.  It was an annoyance.  She went about her morning’s ritual,...

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