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.
Memoir Monday: When the Foreign Becomes Familiar, Barriers Drop
Wellness Wednesday: Why Do I Miss Being a Patient?
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.…
Wellness Wednesday: How Am I a One-in-a -Million Outcome?
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…