Author: Edwin

Lost in her mind

This morning at the emergency department, my own mental health was tasked by a patient left from last night, who has schizophrenia. Initially, her family agreed to come and get her. Then they refused, and said ‘she needs...

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Near Miss

This morning I was working half a night shift. Sometimes we split them, because now that many of us are past 40, we’re rather soft when it comes to being awake all night. It really was a coast to the finish line! Six...

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Christmas emotions

I guess everyone who ever loved Christmas struggles with it at some point. I grew up loving it, and still do. But I probably invest too much emotion into what I should feel. Should is always dangerous. What I should feel,...

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Squirrel Hunting

My nine-year-old and I went squirrel hunting for the first time this season. Like most of my hunting trips in South Carolina, it involved walking through lots of blackberry thickets, looking for squirrels that had gone far away...

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