Pediatric Emergencies

Heavy drums beat rapidly in the background of my consciousness. The lone “dub” in a heartbeat’s “lub dub”…but faster. Dub, dub, dub, dub…

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Safe Summer Fun

Kids proliferate when the sun comes out! They can be seen everywhere this summer.

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I Almost Hit A Pedestrian Last Night

I almost hit a pedestrian last night.  Actually, it was nearly five pedestrians.  Every one of them was dressed in black, walking single file across the crosswalk.  Perhaps that was a sidewalk made of kryptonite because they all seemed to assume superhuman powers when facing oncoming traffic.   True story!  I saw the first guy only after he turned and gave me that smug “whateva” face you see on ignoramuses when the thought crosses, How dare you drive on his street, Dude?  I let up off the gas, after making the decision to take the “high road” by offering a polite pause to let him get safely across the street.  What I really wanted to do was knock some sense into him, literally.  But it was ten o’clock at night, suburban anywhere USA, and I was anxious to get home.  My foot settled back onto the gas pedal just as his buddies all raced across the road (single file) behind him.  Yup, there was that look on their faces too.  No place for me to go and I thought, this

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