The day she was admitted she became known for expression of a deer caught in headlights. She was suffering from a neuromuscular disorder where her body was no longer being controlled by her brain. The heartbreak  was her complete awareness of that and her understanding that she can’t do anything about it. I saw fear [...]

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He loved flowers that was so obvious with his hospital room which was a picture of a mini garden of roses, tulips and other varieties. He was a gardener by profession that was the cause of his problem too. He was admitted with a skin infection. One day I asked him about his thoughts about [...]

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He was suffering with a diagnosis of failing lungs and his lungs were unable to do the basic function of oxygenation. The disease was progressive and the prognosis was poor. The dilemma was that he wanted to live and death was not yet imminent. There was struggle, argument, desire, wish but no hope. That was a phase [...]

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He was a teacher, and I guess teacher never retire. So was him,always trying to teach something as we took care of him. I kind of like him as a patient. He was a philosopher with a sound mind, which was amazing at his age of eighty eight. One day I told him that his [...]

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She was suffering from a metastatic cancer with a painful tangle around her spine sending waves of pain in her existence.It was a sad day like other days as we took care of her She was managed with pain killers to relieve some of what was killing her.Besides her cancer; pain,fear and anxiety were her [...]

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He had a life full of adventures and a history of falling and getting up to face what comes next. I saw him during his treatment and told him that he was a lucky man to be alive compared to man in his age and with his life style. Besides a history of a few [...]

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At one time he was young and full of dreams. Then he got older as we all do. Aging is a measure of time when we look at ourselves. Sometimes our reflection in mirror tells us the truth, other times an in depth vision of CAT scan make us see through in and out. The [...]

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She loved him so much that she changed her daily routines to take care of him. He suffered from a stroke, paralysed waist down with no hope of recovery. This was not a fairy tale as I saw her exhausted face weeks after she became a care giver. They had arguments,tears,regrets but a smile or [...]

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He was dying and she was sitting next to his hospital bed holding his hand. They were high school sweet hearts.Life took them away when they were ready to commit so they went on their separate ways.Both got married, had children and then left behind when each of their spouses died.The miracle of Internet united [...]

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She was admitted after a cervical disc herniation which lead to a neck surgery.She was paralyzed. Her arm and legs were off,no movement,no feelings.She was left mostly with emotions.She was anxious,she was crying.That was all very understandable as who would not be if ever in similar situation. Then good things started to happen.Her arms started [...]

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There is a lot of change in health care,always new policies and procedure.This is a norm these days.Who make those policies on a daily basis.People compliant about politics and make a big deal about this and that.Patient care,communication,customer service,cost management,all intertwined in modern medicine.Results are read as a scale number zero to ten.Nothing stays same,look [...]

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He was young and maintained to be alive by artificial means with a breath and a pulse.The rise of medical enterprise has made this possible.We thrive to keep pushing an earthly body till it get totally disintegrated either by dysfunction of organs and implanted devices or invasion by organisms. He was brought in after a [...]

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A tear in an eye at the birth of a child.A smile on a face at the sight of a lover. Happy moments,quest for happiness.A journey we all want. She had trouble with her lungs,bladder and bowels so much so that her diseases start to define her as who she was.She was not happy,she was [...]

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He was doing better but not yet out of woods.Life had brought its ceremonial dance of recovery,one step forward two steps backward. One day he was on fast track to recovery then next day an emerging problem was taking away all gains as he developed fever.After few days he was feeling better then he got [...]

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