One of my favorite patients over the years was named Elsie. She died in September from complications related to her metastatic colon cancer. She was lovely. So were her children. As the month of May closes, to honour Mother’s Day a few weeks ago, and to recognize what would have been a milestone birthday for […]
I had a sad phone call with the wife of one of my patients last week. Her husband died in a neighboring hospital a few days earlier. She called me with questions. I hope my answers gave her solace. Here is the story from my point of view. I met her husband less than a […]
I would like to share a story that was shared with me by a family member of a long-term patient of mine. In my opinion, it is a story about a good death. I don’t know if my patient considered her own death a good one. I hope she did. I met JH five years […]
The ability to communicate is a miracle that allows connection with others. Communication comes in many forms. I learned this again over the last few weeks from a patient and from a sea turtle. I realize this sounds strange. Let me explain. I met Mr. DJ last week. He came to see me for his […]
“I bet I can guess how old you are in three tries,” I said to the girl who sat in a chair colouring. She was wearing one of those shirts with the kind of sequence beads that can be brushed one way to make one design and another to reveal a different design. I knew […]
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