Lydia Boyette is an anesthesiology resident.
I pondered this question as I reminisced over the past few weeks. I grappled with these thoughts almost every moment as I have witnessed the world respond to this pandemic, the novel coronavirus: COVID-19.
After my shift ended during my trek from the hospital to the parking lot, I called my parents. On Leap Day, I had this conversation.
“Lyd (my nickname that …
When I was five years old, I wanted to be Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. I admired her because I, too, had long, blonde hair and loved to play in the woods. During the movie, I sang with the music. “I know you. I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you. That look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam … Once upon a dream.”
However, I didn’t …
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