Many years ago, I cared for a family- the patient, a little girl 2 years old. She had been admitted to our pediatric unit with varicella, or as many know it, Chicken Pox. She had not been vaccinated, “No big deal… it’s just chicken pox.” She had a developed a terrible infection of the vesicles […]
What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a breakthrough phone call that wakes you up- no words necessary, because you know that the crash you thought you heard in your slumber was real, when it’s followed by a ringing phone… Epilepsy is realizing when your eyes adjust to the brightness of the phone’s screen in the midnight […]
The Empire State Building has been a part of my love story for my entire life. For as long as I can remember back, my father’s company was a tenant in the Empire State Building. I had a love affair with that tenant’s observatory pass… Sweet talking it away from my dad’s assistant, to whisk […]