Creating a Lovely Morning : zenhabits

Creating a Lovely Morning : zenhabits

Homelessness declines as new thinking fuels 'giant untold success' - CSMonitor.com

Homelessness declines as new thinking fuels 'giant untold success' - CSMonitor.com

In the arts... Hospice

by Robin Becker

I wanted to believe in it, the word
softer than hospital but still not home—

like any other frame house on the street,
it had a lawn, a door, a bell—

inside, our friend lay, a view
of the garden from her room but no lift

to raise her from the bed. A sword,
the sun plunged across the cotton blankets.

I wanted dying to be Mediterranean,
curated, a villa, like the Greek sanatoria

where the ancients cared for their sick
on airy porticos and verandas

with stone paths that led to libraries.
A nurse entered her room and closed the door.

For the alleviation of pain, I praise
Morpheus, god of dreams, unlocking

the medicine drawer with a simple key,
narcotic placed beneath the tongue.

In the hall, the volunteer offered us coffee.
How could I think the Mozart in G major

we played to distract her could distract her?
Or marble sculpture in the atrium?

Evening review... Antibiotics

Staph and Strep:

Gram(-) and Anaerobes:

Some Common Antibiotic Trade Names:

In the arts... Banksy's doc.

Physical exam skills: Adam's Forward Bend Test

Adam's Forward Bend Test - YouTube

Look for a hump on one side or the other for a positive test. Send for imaging.
Use a phone app for the angle.

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