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I Just Wish They Knew
I remember every patient that has died and I grieve a little bit for each one.
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Her Father, His Daughter
In another world, I am the daughter with the dying but not yet dead dad.
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The Last Time We Met
He looked at me and for a moment we sat in silence. As things turned out, it was the last time we met.
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Sometimes We Find a Zebra
What if I had also brushed off her back pain over the phone? What if she had never come in?
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Just to Keep Her Alive
I’m seeing her several times a week, just to keep her alive. It’s suffocating.
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Then the Door Opens and We Call the Next Person In
That trust is a privilege. But also such a strange, quiet weight to carry.
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The Day of the OSCE
Passing the OSCE was bittersweet, and I will never forget that day.
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Be My Permanent GP, and Be With Me Until I Die
Sometimes, when we cannot cure, we can still comfort. When we cannot change the outcome, we can still walk beside someone.
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No New Clothes
He was protecting his own doctor from his own dying. Some patients don't end when they die.
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The Door I Didn’t Choose
I fell in love with it. I just never expected to.
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The Hard Part Was Never the Exam
The hard part was being a parent and a doctor inside the same breaking moment.
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One Breath, Two Sides
Despair and joy. Loss and new beginnings. It is a profession that asks us to carry both, often within the same morning.