Notes of an Anesthesioboist

Wherein an adult student of oboe chronicles her adventures in music, medicine, and faith, and other stories... “Novelists, opera singers, even doctors, have in common the unique and marvelous experience of entering into the very skin of another human being. What can compare with it?” -Willa Cather

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Rest From Work

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I'm taking a break from early morning starts. I'm taking a break from difficult airways and back-to-back epidural placements. I'...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

V.I.P.'s

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People often seem to think that members of the medical world are excessively preoccupied with, defined according to, and ruled by a status-o...

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Friday, May 28, 2010

The Michelangelo Code

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Ian Suk and Rafael Tamargo see a pons and medulla / brainstem in God's throat in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco The Separation...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi; or, is God dead? Or alive? And What Does That Mean, Anyway?

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A week ago Craig Venter announced the creation of the first synthetic cell : an organism with a fully synthetic genome. That is, he and his...

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Monday, May 24, 2010

A Spouse's Silent Sorrows

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I have given anesthesia for a lot of breast surgery. I don't think I'll ever get used to the fog of pain and sorrow surrounding a do...

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Oboe Feast Day

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The music director at my church says the sound of the oboe is supposed to represent the Holy Spirit - perhaps one reason he invited a wonder...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Language Matters

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Happy Eliza Doolittle Day! This NPR article says it all for me .

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T.: I'm a wife & mom. I'm a doctor too. I listen to classical Christmas carols all year round (they make me happy). I also love to read, write, cook, eat, dance, play music, and ponder things. I do a lot of my pondering here.

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