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Dr. D
LET THERE BE LIGHT
...and improve your mood Sunny day/sunny mood It’s the time of year for feeling low, foggy thinking and no energy for many people. When...
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Dr. D
- Nov 19, 2020
- 4 min
Dramatic child rescue
It was a terrible night on call and promised to be at least as bad a morning. We had run three "codes," protocols to try to resuscitate...
Dr. D
- Sep 14, 2020
- 6 min
Knitting Her Way to Abstinence
Conditions were right for becoming addicted Ms. C developed a drug problem when the conditions were right. Drugs were everywhere around...
Dr. D
- Sep 2, 2020
- 5 min
Sometimes You Don't Want to Know
Life In the ER Can Be Dull Life in the emergency room tends to be either feast or famine. Your shift might drag interminably with nothing...
Dr. D
- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
Where have I been?
God and Demons Battled for His Soul Raul was 16 when we met. He had diagnoses of learning disability and attention deficit disorder, but...
Dr. D
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
He Said He Saw a Movie
I was pretty tired that morning. Hadn’t been able to sleep well. Mentally brought the hospital home with me and worried about what I’d...
Dr. D
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
He Said He Would Never Harm Himself
He "caught" a heroin habit Jake "caught" a heroin habit when he was in Viet Nam. Despite that he earned some service medals; good...
Dr. D
- Jul 14, 2020
- 5 min
Guests for Dinner
NO IDEA WHY THE PATIENT IS THERE Becky, the nurse, had worked with psychiatric patients for years. She knew what to expect from them....
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- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
David's Story
STRAITJACKETS I’ve seen straitjackets used a couple of times but probably not in more than thirty years. I actually tried one on. All of...
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