There is no treatment specifically for Guinea worm. People still use the same technique that’s been around for thousands of years: winding the worm around a small stick or piece of gauze as it emerges. The worm may come out in a few days, but it often takes weeks weeks to fully emerg...
“But Lord, how empty the streets are, and melancholy…everybody talking of this dead, and that man sick, and so many in this place, and so many in that…but there are great hopes of a great decrease this week. God send it.” ...
Just 8 days prior, he made the decision to pass peacefully in a hospice facility. His body had completely been wrecked by his progressive auto-immune disease and a pathogen found in his lungs after a bout of Covid. His physical body was in failure and he was working with a body that ...
For those of you observing on the sidelines, this may be new as you see a different side to your loved one, or your spouse. It may be something that ever so slightly alarms you or it may in fact be something you welcome. Someone whom you have always known was there however now you ...
There are murmurs of assent. 赞叹声响起。 Then Career tributes are silent until he gets out of ear shot, then use hashed voice. 他们保持着安静直到他走远,然后小声说。 The stampede of feet shakes me from slumber. 人群的奔逃吵醒了我。 A stampede broke out when the doors opened. 蜂拥而出...
Balty instantly recognized my voice, “Monette, hi; I’ll hurry this wedding rehearsal and be right there!” The hotel lobby had open seating. As we were seated, Balty ordered “two glasses of your finest wine.” He raised his glass and began singing to me. Balty had a deep melodic vo...
“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly. “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said.“I’m on my way to a hospice(临...
On Rama III soi 30 there’s a temple called Wat Pariwat, whose abbot was such a fan of football that he agreed to the placement of a David Beckham statue alongside the usual divine effigies during the 1998 World Cup. No word on any plans to add Posh to the altar. 45. World’s cr...
What did not go as smoothly was when tried to have my mother’s funds consolidated and moved to one bank. It made more sense to combine her savings and there was no need for two checking accounts. At the bank we were shown to the desk of a customer service representative where I expla...
Social distancing has a whole new meaning when we have lived ones in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice care. My dad had surgery yesterday, and I wasn’t allowed to see him. Usually I drive for two and a half hours, pull up at my parents’ house, and when I open the door the ...