A woman in her 50s was treated in a burn center and brought to our facility for continued medical treatment of her delayed healing leg. It looked like she got her lower leg stuck underneath a lawn mower, when it was actually due to a heating pad. Surgery was done to clean out the woundContinue reading “If your leg hurts, don’t wish to cut it off”
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If I could only have half of the faith… angels in disguise
50 y/o female with multiple myeloma and leukemia presents to the ER for a fever… a medical emergency in one receiving chemotherapy due to myelosuppression. She has been in and out of hospitals to receive chemo and then be readmitted for the side effects of cancer. I walk into the room and she is diffusingContinue reading “If I could only have half of the faith… angels in disguise”
A Faith of Thorns
I recently had a patient encounter with an elderly woman and the conversation is as follows: “Do you think God is creating this virus to destroy the world like he has done in the past? Like he is wanting us to learn something?” (Me) “I think God is good and would not create this kindContinue reading “A Faith of Thorns”
Please, do not wish to die
Our God is a way-maker, miracle-worker, promise-keeper, a light in the darkness. God will put you out of any situation no matter how wide, how deep, how high, or how low it may be. It breaks my heart to see hurting people believing that ending their life is the only solution. Suicide is the 2ndContinue reading “Please, do not wish to die”
Death: You cannot doubt God
“What matters is not the meaning of life in general, but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment” – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Working with many hospice families on the medical floor, there are so many stories that cannot be explained by science, alone. Each death isContinue reading “Death: You cannot doubt God”
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