Man I know it sucks.  You came in for cough for several weeks and feeling “like crap”. You were told you had a sinus infection (which you probably did) but are not better.
The x-ray I did shows a nasty -assed thing in your lungs (see it on the x-ray?) which as it turns out is lung […]

Yes, we may laugh at that vintage Life Alert commercial but sometimes it is for real. A woman pushed her button just like in that classic (although the dude going “I’m having ack!!! Chest pain!!!” is pretty funny in a morbid way too!) after she fell. Unfortunately, the CT above is what was going on […]

The next day you are found aspirating on your own vomit with decorticate posturing and right gaze preference. Shortly afterwards EMS intubates you and your are on a vent in the ER. Your blood work is horrible (renal failure and white blood count over 20K). You might think you are lucky that […]

Couples are supposed to (at least in the movies I guess) grow old together, and walk off into the sunset. Sometimes things go a bit awry when people get into their late 80’s. Namely if the man becomes demented and the woman develops depression and suicidal ideation. You can […]

Head over to White Coat’s for my post discussing family demands for admission that are not medically indicated.

Here is an image emblematic of how horrible yesterday was. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement is basically a major holiday in my neck ‘o the woods. Especially for doctors. Thus, you can imagine, any day were people can’t get to their MD’s with their problems is going to […]

The time- honoured tradition of dumping mom or grandma off in the ER on Friday so the family can have a nice weekend is alive and well I am nauseated to report. Mom has some spinal-stenosis related back pain and gets too gorked out with Percocet but Tylenol and Motrin don’t cut it. Hey, […]