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And it’s on to the next poisoned patient, with the same beautiful synchronization of care

Every family simchah throws my careful plans into a wild tailspin

“We’ve heard stories,” the father tells me authoritatively. “Doctors miss things. We want to make sure it’s just a stomach bug, and not something worse.”

“Please check on the patient in Room 5,” the nurse repeated, and I was strangely irritated by her clinical tone

“Shabbos is Shabbos,” he said with finality. “Shabbos comes first. Looking for heterim is not the proper approach”

“I just stitched up a boy who fell out of bed and bumped his head — for real! How’s supper coming along?”