Comme Ci, Comme Ca

I had an 80 year old, nearly deaf, MVC patient lock eyes with me across the trauma bay, give me the thumbs up, and yell at the top of his lungs, “Comme ci, come ca!”  For those ‘Mericans reading this blog, that’s French for “so-so” or more literally “like this, like that.”  I laughed so …

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Cold Hands

I have notoriously cold hands.  My feet are cold too, but they don’t feel cold to me.  My hands, on the other hand, are not only cold but they feel cold to me.  My right hand is quite a bit colder than my left.  Whenever I am examining a patient and I place my hands …

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