Celebrating the Holidays

Posted by denitzablagev on January 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

My piece on Brain, Mother blog with Lauren Apfel on why I love celebrating the holidays.  A little belated, but I am aiming to get my holiday cards out by the end of January, so it isn’t the only thing belated this winter.  Happy New 2014 everyone! 🙂 http://www.brainchildmag.com/2013/12/celebrating-the-holidays-two-different-perspectives/ Also, for the record, what we … Continue reading →

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Hubris

Posted by denitzablagev on May 15, 2013 · 1 Comment 

“I think he’s just anxious about it,” the medical student told me a few sentences into the presentation.  His patient had had a spontaneous pneumothorax, a leak of air between the lung and chest wall, a few years ago, and now he had some uncomfortable feeling and was worried about a recurrence.  I hadn’t heard the full story … Continue reading →

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