Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020Categories MFPC 2019 2020 Original Writtings, Uncategorized

What can we learn from the Pandemic – Melissa Berges Morales

What can I say that hasn’t already been said about COVID-19? Perhaps not much. I’ve never experienced an event that has captured the world’s attention and imagination as intensely as this. Across medical literature to opinion editorials, from family and friends to my own thoughts early in the morning and late at night, COVID was everywhere. And now I come to this; what have we learned thus far? What is the underlying theme that I now attach to this period … Continue reading “What can we learn from the Pandemic – Melissa Berges Morales”

Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020Categories MFPC 2019 2020 Original Writtings, Uncategorized

In the Pit of My Stomach – Andrea Arango

As a physician sometimes I have wondered if I’d truly made a difference in someone’s life. Has any one decision that I’ve made been the turning point to heal another? Or worse, has something I’ve done or failed to do lead to their demise? It’s surreal how a doctor holds the control for what appears to be even the smallest choices of a patient’s hospitalization: out of bed at will versus strict bed rest, normal saline versus lactated ringer’s, regular … Continue reading “In the Pit of My Stomach – Andrea Arango”