Wherein I note the meteorological intelligence of trees; the mysterious metamorphosis of possums; and the appearance of eye-catching eyelashes.
Category: Medicine
Fire Ant Flickers (#15)
Venom, anyone? (Part 2)
Nobody wants to be injected with venom, right? But some components of venom could be life saving.
Part 2 of this limited series on venom focuses on resources that are helpful in case of snake bites. Could save your life, or that of your pet.
Pareidolia -or- Do you see what I see?
Do you see things in things? If so, welcome to the party!
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where our brains make us see things in other things. Or something.
Fire Ant Flickers (#3)
Poking fun at the MSM; Cleverly performed music; bird [mis]identification; universal antivenom on the horizon. And a bit more!
The Big C & Me: An Update
The pathology report following my prostatectomy was not exactly what we’d hoped for…but it could have been worse.
Fun with Foleys -or- Let’s Talk Catheters 😃
Sometimes TMI really is…but what about the times when it’s not? We walk a fine line here.
The Summer of My Discontent -or- The Big C & Me
The Summer of ’22 has not been kind to me. But I still managed to find a bit of humor here and there.
Random Thursday: The Non-Wildlife Edition
Despite being ravaged by COVID, I’ve crafted an amazingly engaging post. Although that might be the fever talking.
Saving Sonora
The patient is in critical condition, surrounded by medical professionals who are frantically working in uncharted territory. The patient, just four years of age, has something in her bloodstream that is preventing it from clotting. The medical team knows what it is, but the patient’s unique characteristics are posing a challenge as to the right… Continue reading Saving Sonora
Missing the HIPPA Mark
I apologize for being unable to come up with my usual pithy yet insightful yet whimsical alliterative title for this post. If you can find a relevant alliteration to go along with “HIPPA,” I’d love to hear it. Here’s an equation that I recently developed while sitting in a medical waiting room. See if you… Continue reading Missing the HIPPA Mark