God Giveth & God Taketh Away
We assume things are going to end well - a pregnancy obviously will end with a little bundle of joy. I guess it's a belief God gives us so that we press on in life and look forward to the happy moments.
A women arrived at the clinic in distress - she was full term pregnant and was bleeding quite bad. Patient examined, the decision was made to give some fluids and rest a while. Ultrasound showed the rapid beating of a little heart. As the day progressed the bleeding stopped and contractions came closer. Fully dilated the patient began to push... It was one of those ...
A Volunteer’s Tale – “Arriving to the Mara”
Several months ago my then fiancé asked me if I wanted to go to Africa, specifically Kenya and South Africa after our wedding. April is a fourth-year medical student and just matched for a surgery residency in Corvallis, Oregon. It turns out that she has some time to kill before her rotation starts and had also been in contact with a friend of ours who is working with a remote clinic near the Masai Mara in Kenya. Within a few short weeks April had arranged with her medical school to receive credit for any clinical time she could acquire for both Kenya and at a major ...
