Someone just told me about the #periodt trend so I looked it up and the search engine was like “did you mean periodontal disease?” Because the internet knows I’m old and is trying to steer me in the right direction.

I agree violence is inexcusable. But I don’t agree that America is better than this. America is exactly this. #thisisourlane

When your dad is also a doctor…

I know this is spam, but I sure do appreciate them asking!

In today's East Oregonian pediatrician @wendyhassonmd.bsky.social and I write how Medicaid cuts hurt Oregonians. Oregonians don’t want to save money by losing healthcare. Ask Rep. Bentz, who voted yes, what his plan is to keep Oregonians healthy in light of these extreme cuts that he supported😡

Hell hath no fury like a three year old whose pacifier was taken away cold turkey.

I have an overwhelming urge to run. I can’t decide if that’s for office or to Canada.

This is a wonky process but BIG news regarding the Republican budget bill: My staff successfully got multiple provisions removed from the bill. Two key wins: 1) Medicaid provider tax. Striking this means Republicans have to backtrack on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts.

The scary truth is that cutting #Medicaid coverage doesn’t just hurt children on Medicaid. It doesn’t just hurt poor children. It doesn’t just hurt children with disabilities. Cutting Medicaid hurts ALL children. www.facebook.com/share/15jvbb...

Anyone looking for a peds cardiology job in Portland, OR? The private practice group at Randall Children’s Hospital is hiring. It’s a great non academic group with an opportunity to practice both inpatient and outpatient cardiology with a small CT surgery program www.pccoforegon.com/careers/bc-b...

Let’s welcome @ameracadpeds.bsky.social to Bluesky! We’re happy to have you here, doing the hard work for kids and those who take of them.

What a pleasure hosting @pccmdoc.bsky.social at Randall Children’s Grand Rounds! Talking about the great work he/the good folks at Cincy are doing to optimize the chain of survival. From situational awareness to code prevention/optimization to post arrest care. An ounce of prevention… #pedsICU

People are rightfully worried that the gutting of #ACIP will result in insurance NOT covering vaccines. I don’t see that happening. Vaccines prevent costly illnesses/ hospitalizations. If there is ONE thing that motivates insurance companies to do the right thing, it’s saving $

Good thing we can rely on safety net hospitals when kids get sick from these decisions…. Until #Medicaid is CUT. #Pediatric beds CUT. Trained staff CUT. Transport CUT. Watch what happens when you pull the rug out from both preventative care and hospital care at the same time.

Why are men so emotional?

Out with a few couples and the husbands started making fun of the wives because we weren’t sure which number president Lincoln was…. I asked them if any of them could name their child’s pediatrician or shoe size. Things got real quiet…. #mentalload

My kids have decided to play “lockdown drill”, something they have to do at school. They collected all their stuffies & are hiding in our pop up Thomas Train, trying to be still and quiet. They are giggling, but I’m not. #ParentingWhileAmerican #thisisourlane #momsdemandaction

Why should you care about #Medicaid even if YOU don’t use Medicaid? B/c cutting it will result in closure of #pediatric services for ALL kids. Imagine a bakery that sells 🥧 . If 50% of patrons can’t pay for 🥧 , then you can’t stay in business to bake for patrons that CAN pay.

I’m now the proud owner of a Sesame Bean #Labubu, a thing I didn’t know existed or I needed until a week ago.

We currently have 3 previously healthy children on full life support in PDX for Influenza even though it’s May. 226 children in the US have died of influenza this year, the most since 2010. If only there were some way to prevent this? #pedsICU #vaccineswork #pediatrics

I’m officially “if it’s not on the calendar it doesn’t happen” years old.

2025: the year both public health and wolves went back 10,000 years….

Hi. Board certified pediatric critical care physician here to tell you that nebulized budesonide is not useful for any critically ill child ever. For anything. It’s especially not useful for: - measles - pneumonia - sepsis - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) #PedsICU #Lubbock

On Match Day, #Pediatrics filled more than 95% of positions offered- the largest number in Match Day’s history. Welcome to 3,043 future pediatricians! Comment below so we can give you a follow! #MedSky #Pediatricians #matchday

Congratulations to everyone who matched today! But especially to those who matched in inarguably the best specialty ever of all time undisputedly- #Pediatrics!

Watching Severance + doom scrolling before bed = weird ass dreams. It did however, make me wish Lumon was running the country instead. I’d take Harmony Cobel over JD Vance any day.

Everyone on #medsky should be following #ICU physician @repdexteror.bsky.social, Congresswoman from Oregon. A total bad ass.

Man, antivaxxers want me canceled. Gosh, I do too, but I want it to be because we’re doing such a good job protecting kids that nobody needs me in the #PedsICU anymore.

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Oh man, we got to this stage in child development way sooner than I had been hoping! 6 is sassy! Also, I don’t know what he has against “pots”…

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

What a great day lobbying for kids with Oregon Pediatric Society! Today was a reminder of just how much can be accomplished at the state level. We just have to keep swimming! Today we discussed:

Just here to reinforce all your good decisions to leave #medtwitter as I’m basking in the anger of 300+ unhinged antivaxxers/bots who are calling me a murderer for advocating for #pediatrics.

So sad to be missing the #AAP advocacy conference but appreciate that I got to make a surprise guest appearance as a pediatric advocate against #gunviolence

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Why people are fleeing healthcare: I can’t describe the moral injury of spending hrs at a child’s bedside to then be accused of baseless murder by someone with a platform of 100k followers hungry to believe HCWs who have devoted their entire life to saving children are doing anything but. #PedsICU

I have to say something. Preaching to the choir on this platform- but SPEAK UP- not just here, but on the platforms where everyone doesn’t agree with us. #PutKids1st #PedsICU #PedsAnes

Medicaid cuts don’t just hurt kids w/ disabilities. They hurt ALL children. 50% are insured by Medicaid/CHIP. If Medicaid falls,services will fall like dominos, limiting the availability of #pediatric resources to everyone, even those with private insurance/cash pay. The system will collapse.

Unacceptable: The HHS Secretary's response to a child's death from a preventable disease for which there is a good vaccine should NOT be "no big deal, we had more outbreaks last year" while also omitting that for the past 10 years, there have been 0 deaths. #MedSky www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

Hasson said the “overwhelming majority” of children who need prolonged ICU stays have not been vaccinated against the flu. “I am really worried that I am looking down the barrel of seeing the number of children that we’re treating for vaccine preventable illnesses just go up and up” #PedsICU #ICU

Great to see awareness of ANE is increasing. We've seen within our community and in case reports that initial CT scans may be negative. Truly a devastating disease. #ANEawareness www.aneinternational.org

1/ Timely discussion at #SCCM2025 about pediatric influenza necrotizing encephalopathy. We are seeing more this season and is proving to be rapid & deadly. Take home points: -elevated IL-6 and plasma and CSF - flu + altered mental status = CT scan. We will overscan, but pts survive if caught early

#SCCM2025 What is changing in refractory shock: - FFP to restore damaged endothelium/less inflammatory than crystalloid - supplements that help metabolic dysfunction: metformin, thiamine, melatonin - things that don’t help: vitamin C

Man, I’ve loved seeing so many awesome people and hearing so many great ideas at #SCCM2025. But I’m also loving this brief moment of no kid solitude.

Opening ceremony #SCCM2025. 5 questions we should be asking ourself with each patient encounter in #PedsICU or #ICU.

Happy to see @sccm-pediatrics.bsky.social on #medsky! Welcome!

Join @SCCM_Pediatrics for tomorrow’s webinar discussing different models of #PedsICU careers! Time: Feb 11, 2025 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/7739726707... Meeting ID: 773 972 6707 Passcode: NEXUS

#Medsky Sharing the visualization that has been bringing me a small amount of comfort this week: the 35,040 hr night shift. Night shift in my #PedsICU is from 5p-7a. Sometimes everything is going wrong. 6 admissions, parents yelling at me, kids crashing, and I’ll feel like I can’t come up for air.

Just over here crying my eyes out to #TheWildRobotMovie.