I’m not quite ready to write my “2019 year end” blog entry yet, but I am kind of in a mood to take stock and sum some things up, categorize a few items. Do you ever get this way—you want to tie loose ends up, make a final list, etc. It’s sort of a gratifying […]

I DIDN’T THINK I WAS AVOIDING THIS TOPIC, BUT MAYBE I WAS…. 1. My kids are definitely moving into the adolescent phase and I’m bracing myself for alllllll the health issues associated with that age group and risk-taking behaviors, and 2. In pediatric emergency medicine and urgent care, we see a fair number of kids/young […]

I put in a fair amount of stitches. I also decide NOT to put in stitches. Sometimes I use skin glue, and occasionally, I don’t close up a laceration at all. I’ve come to know pretty well which cuts need which treatment. But medical decision making aside, if I look at how I spend my […]