Monthly Archives: March, 2013
The Loser Christmas Gift that Led me to Medicine
I’ll never forget Christmas morning, 1965—the day I discovered my bent toward science. I was six-years old and huddled around the Christmas tree with my family and grandparents anxiously waiting my turn to open a gift. My fifteen-year old brother opened the mother lode of wonderful gifts: a chemistry kit. Tiny bottles of cobalt blue, …
Not Til the Priest Gets Here!
Jonathan Monroe grew up in a devout Catholic home where mass was attended every Sunday and Hail Marys were as much a part of the daily diet as bread and potatoes. Unfortunately, despite completing Catechism and twelve years at a Parochial school, Jonathan rebelled against everything his parents, priests, and school teachers, (nuns) had taught …
Patients I Will Never Forget 