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Mary G. Barry, MD
Louisville Medicine Editor
[email protected]
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nytime I feel scared or whiny lately,
I remind myself of the Syrians,
Iraqis and Afghanis who have had
to walk from Greece to Austria, and points
beyond. They are entitled to complain. We
are not, though we do, of course.
I saw someone back this week, mostly
well again, after a scary emergency last week
with a not-quite-tension pneumothorax,
diagnosed in the office with the help of Dr.
Ted Lee (who instantly called me about the
film, just as I was dialing X-ray). The office
is not the place for this. Internally I was
scrambling. Did I have a #14 needle and
a good strong arm? I strained my ears for
the ambulance siren, debating if I should
“throw and go” in my car. Outw