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

Friday, January 27, 2012

Haunting Music

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Today in the hospital we were all surprised to hear strains from a harmonica playing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Silver Be...

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

What is Death

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I've only had to declare death a couple of times. Once in a three-year-old and once in an adult. In each case the heart had stopped beat...

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

9/11

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images by Reuters, Doug Kanter, Shannon Stapleton, and Joe Raedle

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Moving Beyond Mammy: Why I Strongly Disagree With Some Criticisms of The Help

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I read Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help two years ago, when it first became a literary sensation. I loved and was astounded by it; i...

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

To Bare Or Not To Bare

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Topless sunbathing is widely accepted in France, where we've spent a lovely vacation visiting my husband's family. Our recent day t...

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Why I Hate Birth Plans

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Recently on a physicians' forum I came across a tragic story about a home birth gone bad. The doctors on the forum were mercilessly cri...

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Anesthesia v. The Joint Commission, Part II

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Yesterday's post mentioned that the leaders of this country's most important anesthesia organizations had sent a letter protesting s...

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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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