Little Cuties

How could you resist these little souls?

Lisle, IL 

June 9, 2022

 

Following Mama

Reminds me of the LONG days when I selflessly chased baby swans...

Lisle, IL 

June 7, 2022

 

Michelle's Notes: 2019-11-28

Michelle's notes from 2019-11-28, five months into her Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship program at UCSD... and 4 months before Covid-19 hit hard globally.

I started the day talking to a very nice 81 year old gentleman who was referred to us from Stanford for PTE / BPA. He kept telling me how highly Stanford had spoken of us, and it just reminded me of what a gift it was to work at UCSD and to be able to have this experience of being one of the premier world centers for CTEPH. I had been thinking for a hot second that maybe I should have gone to Stanford – that maybe they had more PAH instead of CTEPH, plus, they have a phenomenal CF program – but then again, we aren’t referring anyone to Stanford -:)

Photo of Michelle at the 2022 ATS Conference -- one of the two largest international conferences in pulmonary medicine. She had a presentation at the conference, which kind of marked the end of her fellowship program (it will end at the end of this month). The official Dr. Michelle will emerge at her real job at a hospital in San Diego in July. 

 

 

A Note: 2007-4

Today, I found a note from April 2007.  

It's a note roughly put on the back of a car service receipt. It was in April 2007, when I drove Michelle to school for her required ACT test. We arrived about 10 minutes early. Sitting in the car, I started answering Michelle's algebra questions, hence the note.

When she came home in the afternoon, I asked her if she used the "algebra knowledge" I taught her in the car. She said "yeah, we actually had a problem like that..." Wow, just like that, Michelle got a 34 on her ACT. Don't forget, Michelle never believed in studying or preparing for tests in high school. At one point in 2006, I announced that if Michelle could finish high school, I'd write a book about parenting -:)). I used to tell friends that "My little Michelle applied every drop of her knowledge to each of her tests."

I don't pretend to know math, I didn't.

I don't pretend to be a qualified mother, I wasn't.

Scary times when I look back...

Thank god Dr. Michelle has made it on her own!!

Spring... Is Finally Here!!

Lombard, IL

May 8, 2022

 

Wind Gust = 52 MPH

Yeah, I went back there again yesterday -- with 52mph wind gust.

The pier was life threateningly dangerous, as if the wind and waves could suck me into the wild sea...  

What would you say to someone who drove 240 miles for 2 pictures? 

Lake Michigan  

April 14, 2022

 

The Unforgotten Trip

Yeah, this trip was supposed to happen on Jan 9, 2022, when it was freezing cold with ice-covered lighthouses...

Then, on Jan 8, 2022, I managed to break my wrist and subsequently had the first surgery of my life. It was a 3-month ordeal. For the sake of a 90-day anniversary, I went to St. Joseph to complete the unforgotten trip.

I didn't care about the weather conditions for today -- rain or shine, boring or not -- I needed to be there, to take 2 photos with my disabled hand, just to prove I could!

Lake Michigan 

April 9, 2022