Jasminka Vukanovic-Criley is a hospitalist and can be reached on Twitter @criley_md.
This beautiful Saturday morning began like many other mornings with a heart full of love and hope. Gentle rays of sunlight filtered through the windows. Their warm glow whispered hope and promise of another good day. This morning, like many others, I woke up early. But little did I know the day would bring a flood of emotions for which I was unprepared. Indeed, as the morning unfolded, my spirit …
“Thank you so much for taking the time today and judging,” yet another person said as they approached me, smiling or shaking my hand.
“You are welcome,” I said, smiling. It was my pleasure—my genuine internal pleasure.
I have been volunteering for schools and children’s education for many years.
As I agreed yet again to be a judge, I thought I was helping them: schools, students, the school district… It turned out that, …
It was a Thursday. It was supposed to be one of those “regular” evening shifts. Then, at 6:15 p.m., my first page went off: Bed 11, Mrs. R., Dr. H. needs to talk to you. The page came from the COVID section of the emergency department.
I immediately called back. It saddened me when I learned that our patient was a young woman health care worker in her early 50s. She …
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