Compassion and decency overwhelmed by fear
The year after I finished my emergency medicine residency, I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled. Afterwards, I looked as if I had taken several punches to my face. My jaw was swollen, my skin a cornucopia of…
The year after I finished my emergency medicine residency, I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled.
Afterwards, I looked as if I had taken several punches to my face. My jaw was swollen, my skin a cornucopia of muddied blues, purples, greens, yellows and reds. If people didn’t know better, I told my husband with a laugh, they might think that I’d been beaten.
It took weeks …
Compassion and decency overwhelmed by fear
