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When I was in Guadalajara back in May, I spent three days visiting the main public hospital. One of the amazing things that my friend and colleague Alejandro shared with me had to do with why the blood donation center at the hospital was so busy. It turns out that for many of […]

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I’m not a Monty Python fan, but the “I’m not dead yet” line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been bandied about so much during my medical training that it sticks. And, I suppose, it applies tonight since I’m going to actually make a real posting for the first time in, well, […]

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I thought that it was odd enough when I discovered that my mother-in-law was reading this. Recently I’ve come to realize that this weblog, which started out as a way for me to collect little bits and pieces from around the internet (and my reactions to said bits and pieces), has grown in unintended […]

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While I’m feeling pretty good today, and have a handful of extra goodies to share (including one specifically for my coffee-addled friend D., who reportedly reads this blog from time to time),

Attention Passengers: Is there a doctor on board the aircraft? 85% of the time, the answer is ‘yes’ [LA Times: username/pw available […]

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It is hard to sit in the lab today and glimpse the small patch of blue sky that I can see between buildings knowing that my bicycle sits in the dark basement, alone. If things hold up outside, I’m going to try to get home a little early and sneak out for a ride.
Today’s […]

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I just returned from a week at Georgetown University, in lovely Washington, DC. I had the pleasure of attending the 2006 Intensive Summer Bioethics Course. This was a real treat, for a number of reasons. First, it wholly resurrected my love for philosophy, which actually started well before I attended The […]

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Ok. I can’t resist. Three last things:

I live in a state that has some of the dumbest drivers.
I apparently also live in a state with the smartest local town counsel.
The latest edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds is up at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments.

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It’s still pretty grim weather-wise here in JP. After a few hours in the lab meeting with my advisor and one of the students in the lab regarding the ‘hand-off’ of a project that will surely consume my life for the next several months, I hunkered down in the clinic for a few hours […]

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Ok. It’s been a while, I know. It has been quite a hectic few weeks between clinic, the lab, the Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising. Things have started to slow a little, and so I’m hoping to have some time to reflect on the more interesting events. I have the whole weekend off […]

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I am very pleased tonight to have seen the news story done by NECN: New England Cable News about my effort to raise $100,000 for pediatric oncology programs through the Pan-Mass Challenge. The little boy featured in the story is, along with my other patients, the heart and soul of my job and makes […]

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So, the weekend was quite hectic, obliterating my every intention to do another episode of “real-time” blogging from the oncology ward. Of course, hectic is usually not equated with good in my field, and this weekend reinforced that concept. I’m just now getting a chance to breathe and reflect on all of the […]

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This was brilliant. My favorite part of the weekend on-call:
The stages of grief that a fellow goes through upon receiving a 3am page on the stem cell transplant floor (as overheard on rounds from the stem cell transplant fellow; with apologies to Dr. E.K.R.):
1) Denial — I’m not going to have to get out of […]

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Welcome to the latest edition of Virtual Pediatric Grand Rounds. Unfortunately, there will be no CMEs available for this event, nor will there be coffee or donuts. However, I hope that you will find the submission thought-provoking and timely.
To begin with is a post from Neonatal Doc on what happens when hope collides […]

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I’m back on for another oncology weekend. Since the ‘real-time’ blogging of the weekend seemed interesting last go around, I think I’ll try it again. Plus, I think that the last time I did this, it was a pretty quiet weekend. Co-incdence? Who knows.

Signout at 5p was made chaotic by a […]

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Not good for children.
Definititely not good for fish.
Maybe everyone should switch to tea.
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