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Tis the day after Christmas. The office is closed. I’m the advice call doc for the day- And I’m telling you, it’s almost 7 pm and I’ve answered more calls today than I have almost the whole year put together. I also just ran for a shower a few hrs ago. My husband will sleep in another bed tonight. Yes, [...]

Just when I thought I cruising on cookie mode which is- I was enjoying the holidays filling my belly with more cookies than a self proclaimed vegan honestly should- he shakes it up a little. My boy wakes me at 3 am with the classic scary stridor,cough and cry of croup. Ever seen a pediatrician [...]

She was alert and cranky and sitting up making everyone a little cranky too. I’m mean that’s what seven year olds do right? I would have been more annoyed except she had pneumonia and I kinda felt sorry for her. It was really socked in, a complete white out on one side and with fluid [...]

Thanks Nikki for giving me today’s Medicine Mondays at MommyMd.org! I wish I could have given you a straight answer regarding Danger’s eyes, but we now know that eye color is from complex inheritance patterns and does not follow the simple Mendelian Patterns of inheritance that we all remember from high school. It was exciting [...]

Last night I spent a teeny amount of time looking at all the Google searches that have found their way to my doorstep. Interestingly enough a lot of them were doctor related. Probably because I have Dr in my title and my most popular post is about doctoring. Hmmm…no mystery there. I never interviewed other [...]

Busy Busy finishing lunch and the afternoon begins in a few seconds. Medicine Mondays at MommyMD.org will be up later. Probably after the kids have gone down and I’m taking some deep breaths following a busy clinic of flu shots and bronchiolitis. Make sure you go and take a look-I’ll be talking about making medical decisions [...]

Here’s a glimpse of today- as best as  I can remember. 9:30- Patients trickling in but still being triaged. I’m finishing notes from yesterday. 19 charts to go. An extra  11 charts sit next to me to review.  So is a coffee cup with- no not coffee- water. Hmmm…Keeping the stories straight can be challenging.  [...]

People ask me, “How Did You Know You Wanted to be a Doctor?” And the answer truthfully is- I didn’t. I never WANTED to be a doctor. That would be too bold for a C-average kid to imagine. It might be fine for the valedictorian or the genius that aced the SAT’s years before they [...]

As a pediatric office we see a lot of patients. Some really sick but most not so sick. But today? Today took the cake. I saw anaphylaxis in action and it wasn’t pretty.  He was struggling, gurgling, drowning in his own saliva. Bright red skin head to toe covered in hives. Wheezing and congested. In [...]

I said something last week to a blogger friend. I was quick and brief and thought it was helpful. Well a caring friend of hers felt I was too harsh. She says: I went over to visit Dr. Cason’s site and while I see a ton of information informing parents how to be a good, [...]