by Jeremy Topin | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
I wrote this last September not knowing it would get so much worse. I thought about this piece again as finally got COVID for the first time and as numbers for BA5 are rising. So far, ICU admissions and deaths have not risen as they have in the past....
by Jeremy Topin | Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
April 24th, 2020. That is the date of the last blog I posted. I started ideas for a new post countless times. Even finished one or two. But most remain loosely formed, trapped in my head. Questions about myself unanswered. Thoughts about life events left unprocessed...
by Jeremy | Apr 10, 2020 | Medical, Medicine, Transformation, Uncategorized
Artwork by https://lindsaymound.com/ The volume of COVID related news and information is overwhelming. There is 24/7 coverage on TV, Twitter and social media. Important medical information is being shared in real-time across the globe on lessons learned caring for...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 7, 2018 | Balance, Parenting, Uncategorized
Picture Credit (John Moore/Getty Images) “…if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices. “we must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
I knew the moment when my career in pediatrics was over. I was in the fourth year of my med-peds residency, taking overnight call in the pediatric ICU. Nights were busy, stressful and I was alone. A young boy came in as a pediatric motor vehicle trauma,...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
One month. Actually one month three days to be exact since I did Ironman WI. The physical stress on my body has passed and along with it most of the intensity behind the wave of emotions and excitement that followed. Having finished the race on such a personal high,...