This isn’t going to end well , I thought. The five of us stood in a semi-circle in ICU, trying to figure out what to do. Between us there must have been 30 years of clinical expertise at least, and we were at a loss. Among our number was an intern – a new veterinarian graduate from last year, the greenest of us all but could bring fresh knowledge to the problem, and had not yet felt the heavy chains of burnout. There was a resident, seeking advanced training in internal medicine in order
Props: Fighters Only Quoteworthy: “I was very, very disturbed after the loss to Dos Santos. I was in such a state that I wished to hang myself in my hotel room so I would be gone. Three losses in my last seven fights is nothing but a disaster to me. That’s a terrible score and I’m not happy about it. I already know some things that I did wrong both in the fight and in the preparation for the fight, but there are many questions that remain to be answered. I am seriously thinking about hir
July 21st, 2009MatthewLeave a commentGo to comments It’s been a while since I’ve held a meeting of the Boogie Down Book Club. Frankly, with 2 kids under two and Yankee games on TV most nights, I don’t have a lot of time for reading. But I did come across a book that EVERY Yankee fan is sure to enjoy. I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, by Marty Appel, ex-PR Director for the new York Yankees. If you’re a Yankee fan, or just a fan o
Unplanned Journey: A Triumph in Life and Death by Tanya M. Unkovich Publisher: VMI Publishing I received this book for a First Wild Card Tour in August. About the book: Phil Morrow’s 48th birthday party was interrupted by a phone call that would change his life: he had been diagnosed with small cell carcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the lung. The prognosis was grim, yet he clung tenaciously to the faith that God was not finished with his life yet. Unplanned Journey: A Triumph in
