Comments on: The long goodbye http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/long-goodbye.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Conciergedochttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/long-goodbye.html#comment-71342 Conciergedoc Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/the-long-goodbye.html#comment-71342 I jsut want to leave some post to show that we all don't just reply when it's about money or lawyers. This is a beautifully told tragic story. My grandmother passed at age 65 of ALS and we took care of her at home, with the aide of a nurse and hospice team. For anyone who is in a similar unfortunante situation, please don't forget to contact your local ALS society. They helped my family tremendously with unmeasurabel levels of support. <br /><br />The story makes me realize why I went into medicine in the first place. Thanks Kevin for posting it. I jsut want to leave some post to show that we all don’t just reply when it’s about money or lawyers. This is a beautifully told tragic story. My grandmother passed at age 65 of ALS and we took care of her at home, with the aide of a nurse and hospice team. For anyone who is in a similar unfortunante situation, please don’t forget to contact your local ALS society. They helped my family tremendously with unmeasurabel levels of support.

The story makes me realize why I went into medicine in the first place. Thanks Kevin for posting it.

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