This week's guest columnist is Stephanie Barrow, MD, Family Practice Resident at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics in Lafayette.
If the pandemic subsides this spring, we'll all relax: no more masks or distancing, no more…
My feisty little dog Milou hates squirrels. They're harmless, but you wouldn't know it the way he barks and barks when they're running around the yard. When we let him out a high speed chase ensues, him nipping just behind the…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Benjamin Fontenot, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. It was mango season on Saba island, Netherlands Antilles. My wife and I were on the beach …
One of last year's fun news stories was a 911 call from a man whose cat wouldn't let him in his house. After a three hour stand off, and after the police and 911 operator finished laughing themselves silly, an officer was…
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…
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…
I walk into the room, introduce myself, and ask my usual lead-in question: "When did things first start going wrong?" The mom answers "She started with this rash last night, and this morning it has spread all over. Just look at…
Its happening a lot this time of year. Parents rush their kids into the Emergency Department- for fever. When I get to the bedside, mom is sick with worry. The child, however, is walking about the room, opening cabinets,…
Occasionally I am surprised by some parent’s beliefs. There are a lot of “old wive’s tales” out there which I am used to: fever curdles milk in baby’s stomachs, fever will cook baby’s brain, blowing cigarette smoke in ears is…
When the sun goes down, people worry more. They stay awake at night worrying about their job, their relationships, their finances. There are few other people awake with whom to talk the worries out. And when kids get sick with…
