This week's guest columnist is Dr. Claire Ronkartz, a family practice resident at University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. In the first week of medical school my class was split into groups of ten students with a…
If you think pediatricians don't make mistakes raising their own kids, think again!. My wife and I had just had our first baby. When our girl was 6 weeks old, my wife was getting cabin fever, stuck home breast feeding around the…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Shauna Bienvenu, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. As a resident working in the Pediatric Emergency Department, I've noticed that "fever phobia…
I was checking out The Running of the Bulls on the internet yesterday. If you haven't heard, that's a festival in Pamplona, Spain where they set bulls loose in the streets of the city. Thrill-seekers get chased by the bulls, and…
It was a case of Physician Heal Thyself, or in this pediatrician's case, Heal Thine Own. One midnight in Baltimore, I was on duty in the Pediatric ED when my wife called: our son awoke struggling to breathe, such that he couldn't…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. John Giuffreda, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. His column reminds me of when I was playing catch with my son. When he went looking for a…
It was 5 o'clock, July 2, 1991. I know the date and time because it was the end of my first 36 hour shift as Chief Resident. And it was a true 36 hour shift, not a wink of sleep, with sick kids piling into the hospital like we…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Devan Szczepanski, a family practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Mrs. Breaux gets a phone call at work from Sue's daycare. Sue needs to be picked up…
