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Friday, April 25th, 2003 at 0:47 | Filed in: Public Service Announcement

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Saturday, March 29th, 2003 at 4:18 | Filed in: Public Service Announcement

A friend of mine just went into labor, so I’m going to be hanging out at the hospital being moral support… Nice to have a little excitedness in the world today :-)

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How do you suppose being coded feels?

Sunday, February 2nd, 2003 at 12:16 | Filed in: Public Service Announcement

I’m not sure. I’m usually the one doing the coding. I can venture some good guesses, though, at what it could be like. So this is what you should be considering if the nice doctor asks you what the code status is on your 89 year old diabetic multiple antibiotic resistant infectious old CVA vascular diseased demented Aunt Esmerelda who hasn’t been out of bed in the better part of 3 years.

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I promise to make this as painless as possible

Friday, January 31st, 2003 at 18:32 | Filed in: Public Service Announcement

I know I said “nothing academic,” and this really doesn’t fall under that heading, but neither is it a witty entertaining story. This is about how we
in the hospital decide what to do with your life.

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