When we extubated my brother, knowing he would die, we brought in his dog, put the dog on the bed, and after Jimmy was extubated, the dog licked his lips. My brother sat up for a second, smiled, and died
My dad died today. It was expected, but it’s never easy. He was the first Athabascan to get a doctorate. I got to go with him when he went to Omaha beach to salute his fallen colleagues some 60 years after the invasion. 98 years
Sun causes skin cancer
Vegetable oil is healthier than beef tallow
ApoB is the causative agent in atherosclerosis
Vaccines prevent more disease than they cause harm
Raw milk has no advantages over pasteurized
Vegetables aren't trying to kill you
Surgical masks: do not contain latex, do not cause retention of carbon dioxide, do not cause oxygen deprivation, do not exacerbate asthma - are recommended by every major lung organization especially for their patients at risk with pulmonary disease.
Things this doctor won’t do right now: drink at a bar, go to a movie, eat in a restaurant, attend pubic events with strangers, be around people (besides family) who don’t wear masks. No barbershop, no choir practice, no gyms, no manicures
Some interns figure out - if they know the patient, not just labs - but their story, and something interesting about them - they get to do a lot more cases with me. "Oh that is Mrs Smith, nice lady, wants to get home to her birds." - sign the intern up for the whipple
