Hospital

Posted on July 12, 2023July 13, 2023 by RealEmbassyKid

Wellness Wednesday: Running Where I Learned to Walk

Omg you ran 5k next to the hospital where you learned how to walk again, what a special moment that must have been! Gemma, my Amsterdam physiotherapist, July 2023 https://videopress.com/v/7nRrgJBn?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraisedintheforeignservice.blog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F05%2F8235c702-5f00-437a-948c-00f4406f833c_mov_avc_240p.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Four years ago, when six weeks in an Amsterdam ICU had fully depleted my fitness-instructor muscles, I would have been thrilled simply to be able…

Posted on October 25, 2022November 2, 2022 by RealEmbassyKid · 2 Comments

Memoir Monday: When the Foreign Becomes Familiar, Barriers Drop

The Arab world felt foreign to me until a Muslim family adopted me, Ons Jabeur played in the US Open, and Mo Amer revealed how I’ve been speaking Arabic my whole life.

Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 by RealEmbassyKid · 2 Comments

Wellness Wednesday: Why Do I Miss Being a Patient?

The medical staff who saved my life in Amsterdam’s OLVG Hospital

I sat alone in the audiologist’s isolation room, my eyes closed, and concentrated on listening. And there it was, a beep. And another. And ... there, another. Why was I having my hearing tested? As we emerged out of the pandemic and into society, it seemed to me that I wasn’t hearing people as well.…

Posted on July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 by RealEmbassyKid

Wellness Wednesday: How Am I a One-in-a -Million Outcome?

My nurses at OLVG Hospital are STILL in my corner!

In her opinion column in the Sunday New York Times, Dr. Daniela J. Lamas writes about unexpected ICU turn-arounds, when the grim repetition of bad news is trumped by unanticipated good news: … the one in a million outcomes, the patients who surprise and humble us.Daniela J. Lamas, pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham…