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    • 20 Ratings
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    Mama Don't Take My Wheelchair Away

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 11:12AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: hospitals, bureaucracy, paul simon, jackson heights, queens, alzheimer's, mom, me, doctors, dancing, music, freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 684 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    We Have All Been Here Before

    MAY 1, 2011 5:46PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: tulips, lilacs, hospitals, mental illness, alzheimer's disease

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1556 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    My MRI Experience

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 9:31AM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: fantasy, hospitals, mri

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 1549 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Hospital Observations

    JULY 12, 2010 1:06AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: compassion, suffering, illness, hospitals

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 1627 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Dad Creates a Stir

    JUNE 11, 2010 1:25PM

    By Linnnn


    Topics: real families, wicked sense of humor, perception vs reality, rumors, nurses, nuns, hospitals, comedy, daughters, first born, reflections on father's day, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 4765 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    do not resuscitate

    JANUARY 29, 2010 9:49AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: family, family dynamics, power of attorney for health care, life and death decisions, extraordinary measures, natural death, death and dying, health, medicine, hospitals, intensive care, icu, advance directives, code status, dnr, do not resuscitate

    • Editor's Pick
    • 67 Ratings
    • 3581 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    I will hold you, I will carry you

    JANUARY 21, 2010 3:23PM

    By mypsyche


    Topics: brain injury, parenting, hospitals, life changes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 2747 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    A Hard Day's Night in a Hospital Bed

    OCTOBER 12, 2009 11:32PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: beauty and ignorance, innocence, depression, hospital food, angst, george & ringo, paul, john, rock 'n' roll, callow youth, teenagers, hospitals, health care, pop music, hard day's night, beatles

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 24732 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Balance, Contradictions and Politeness

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 3:42PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: hospitals, intensive care, nursing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 963 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    To Irish Health Care Providers: Please Add Ice!

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 5:08PM

    By Raymond Kalas


    Topics: family, health, travel, ireland, hospitals, medical care, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 2455 Views
    • 61 Comments
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    TB or Not TB? Sorry. Misdiagnosis. It’s C

    MARCH 6, 2009 11:30AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: brush with death, tb, c, misdiagnosis, hospitals, don't smoke --did you get that, good odds by chance, living life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 57 Ratings
    • 7550 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Secrets of Hospital Bills Revealed!

    MARCH 6, 2009 12:35PM

    By mishima666


    Topics: hospitals, healthcare, health costs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 1971 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    First Steps into Eternity-How We Helped Mom Die

    JANUARY 16, 2009 12:05AM

    By Dr. Spudman44


    Topics: family, open call, health, hospitals, doctors, drugs, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1781 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Welcome Hideo!

    DECEMBER 23, 2008 9:01PM

    By AmyFuji


    Topics: preemies, nicu, hospitals, difficult births, c-sections, my baby

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