“… Four… five… six…,” I count to myself from my patient’s doorway. I can feel a drop of perspiration actually rolling down my ribcage. Eight. The palliative carebear doc pauses for eight seconds before asking my dying patient another question. Palliative care, the angels of … dying. They help keep the dying patients comfortable. They [...]

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The kids went back to school twelve days ago. Sun Su (our five year old son) started kindergarten at a new school with none of his former friends there. Riding a bus. “Won’t that be fun riding the big school bus, Sun Su?” I asked as I lay down with him to sleep. “The bus [...]

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