by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 8, 2019 | Essays, Health Care Reform, Series, The Dog Days of Cancer |
We rolled up to the ER on September 7, Jack pumped with steroids and I holding it all in, getting through it. An orderly appeared with a wheelchair and wheeled us into the triage nurse, who looked exactly like Jeff Daniels. The ER was a zoo—I was immediately reminded...
by Stephanie Hayes | Jan 7, 2019 | Essays, Health Care Reform |
A Model for Compassionate and Affordable Healthcare As we in the United States struggle to find ways to fix our broken health care system, we have within our midst a good model of what health care could be in this country. As it stands now, health insurance is still...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 14, 2018 | Essays, Health Care Reform, Series, The Dog Days of Cancer |
Jack and I were determined to have a beautiful summer. He’d recovered well from his brain surgery in early March when kind Dr. Girgis had removed an orange-sized tumor from his frontal lobe. Dr. Fragoso, his radiation oncologist, had confirmed that the tumor was a...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 5, 2018 | Community, Essays, Politics, Series |
Every month for decades now I have named the moon. I am definitely a low-profile witch, but this is one thing I’ve stuck with. It is a sort of prayer, I guess, the naming, but it is also a way to focus attention, to bring the imaginal realm into my reality. It helps...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Nov 28, 2018 | Essays, Series |
“Do not go gentle into that good night…Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” –Dylan Thomas In mid-October, the steroids stopped helping Jack’s clarity, so it was time to wean him off them. I knew this was the beginning of the end, and I had to fight the urge to...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Nov 24, 2018 | Essays, Health Care Reform, Humor, Series |
November 24, 2018 Dear Swope Medical Group, Incorporated: Last Tuesday I received your bill for $1,215 for services rendered by the admitting physician at my local emergency room. My husband Jack was the recipient of Dr. Golding’s* services on 9/4/18. Jack died on...
