Operating rooms generally don’t have windows. Inside them, time stands still. Whether it’s 1PM or 3AM, the doctors, nurses and technicians in the OR are all expected to perform at an equally high level. When a patient is on the operating room table, and their blood pressure is dropping and their heart rate is rising, …
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Sick in the Age of COVID-19
As I drove to the emergency department, my daughter Shiloh sat in the back in her car seat - face pale, lips tinted blue, and alternating between moaning in pain and drifting off into a lethargic half-sleep. I tried to take a deep breath as I drove, looking back at every red light to check …
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
The first several weeks of my daughter’s life, I woke up startled many times a night, sometimes as often as every hour. Some of these times were due to the obvious - my baby, Shiloh, was crying. Bleary eyed but energized by our newfound parenthood, my wife and I settled into a nice routine. I …
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The Beginning
When Shiloh Indie was born, my world changed forever. Her birth, somewhat unexpectedly, caused great change in my outlook on life, and actually was a catalyst to starting this website. I realized how precious every single moment was, and that my background in medicine had a large effect on how I viewed pregnancy, birth, raising …
