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“You need new clothes.” No I don’t. The 20 year old begging nightly at the grocery store parking lot for himself and his sister NEEDS food.  “Your son deserves better than to breathe in dust.” No he does not… or at least not more than any other kid who lives on the Rez. “I wantContinue reading “What the World says”

Last week, I admitted a bright and painfully funny 13 year old female with a history of obesity and asthma to our pediatric service for a full body fungal rash that was bacterially superinfected. She needed constant skin care, but we were able to do that for her, and she improved quickly. Until… until sheContinue reading “Stoic”

(Authored October 2021) We had just driven across the country in three days. We were ecstatic to arrive at our new home – the basecamp for our new adventure. Since we arrived on a Saturday, the Director of Hospital Housing was out of the office. But we were assured the key to our house wouldContinue reading “That’s Not Fair”

(IT HAS BEEN A WHILE — HERE’S WHY) On April 6th,   2022, we welcomed Joshua Alexander to the world. He was born at 25 weeks gestation- which is three and a half months early. I was a teaching pediatric resuscitation class at the reservation hospital when my water broke. I waddled to the OB wardContinue reading “Detour”

Hi everyone. My name is Tabitha… Don’t ask me… That’s just what my mom said she thought of for a name the moment she saw me. I’m making it work, and I anticipate it will be on the top ten list of puppy names by the year 2024.  I used to be a street dogContinue reading “Tabitha”

I never intended for my first blog post to be negative or sarcastic – but I did know I wanted it to be honest. And so, the best I can hope for this time around is to find some positivity through this immodestly frank vent session. Today, I humbly confess the struggles I’ve had whileContinue reading “Who will chop my wood?”