Sister: The butternut squash ravioli you made for me gave me diarrhea all week! Me: All WEEK??? that's long for lactose intolerance! Sister: Well, it was good, so I ate it everyday. Me:

I guess it’s Pepper’s ice water now.

I had a dream that I saw Simba chasing Pepper and woke up with a start. But he's still gone and I miss him so much.

Feeling the kindness from KIND at 9pm in the ICU. I’m so tired

Filipino bbq pork skewers! Don’t these look divine?! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

I had a dream I forgot to apply for residency and woke up extraordinarily stressed.

Lamb Rogan Josh, Chana Dal, and sourdough naan! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Yep cooking Indian tonight! It’s gonna be a pretty late one

Ugh, I acted out my dream last night and hit the hubs again. I used to say that it happens twice in our 10 years of marriage, but now it's twice this year.

I have to admit, it’s pretty special to get a card that says, “Thank you for saving my life”. I don’t pause and think about this enough. What a privilege.

My diabetic patient gave me the biggest See’s box of candy I’ve ever seen. I might go into DKA looking at it.

Omgoodness #Pepper is so intensely looking at the kittens on my feed.

Was talking to a friend and she told me how when she dies, she does not want to be cremated and wants her body flown back to Mexico to be buried. Such a foreign concept to me. I don't really care about my dead body--just so that it's cheap for my family and relatively environmentally sound, lol.

Bananas foster!

My friend gave a talk on ICU resource allocation during the COVID19 pandemic. Much to my surprise, I was really triggered by it & had to sign off. I was painfully revisited by the pervasive & familiar feeling of dread & despair that I felt all too frequently back then. And I just couldn't...

Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults? Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal. Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.

Seared salmon on bed of homemade sauerkraut! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Ugh, it's never fun to get an email letting me know that I've unknowingly taken care of a patient with active TB without proper PPE.

Homemade bun cha Hanoi! This was so good!

Bun ChaHa Noi in the making! Northern Vietnamese Noodles with grilled pork! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Took most of this weekend off but still managed to complete an on-line course required for research and write a damn good letter of recommendation for a trainee. Please clap.

On the sidewalk on our walk to farmers market. Hmmm…thinking sometimes it’s best not to ask questions…

So I've lost track, is the Strait open or closed?

Made a jar of pickled red onions and so impressed by it’s beauty! Look at that color!

Took a little nudging but hubs made my favorite drink, el viejo! Pineapple spicy mezcal shaken with cilantro

Looks like I’m making a 4th of July cake!

Just saw Disclosure Day. That was bad. 2.5hrs of my life that I can’t get back

In process: eggroll making! #doctorswhocook

Khao soi and green papaya salad! #Thaifood #DoctorsWhoCook #goodlunch 🍽️

Well, since I'm off of ICU and have today (Juneteenth) off, thinking I'd go "around the world" with my cooking this week! #DoctorsWhoCook

Beautiful #Pepper

On a hike this Juneteenth and loving this sign.

So...since I found my diamond, does this mean I kinda just "saved" money and deserve to buy myself a couple of nice things to celebrate? 😂

Homemade Turkish iskender kebab! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Look what I found on my pjs in the drawer!

This alien like fungus thing seemed to have burst through our driveway payment. This is freaking me out. How does this happen

Off of icu this morning and scheduled to have a work from home day today. Had several meetings scheduled but my computer is busted. This might be a sign for me to take a vacation day…

A patient told me AI told him to come to the UCLA Emergency Room given his symptoms. That's a first for me!

Just got home from ICU. Hubs: Dinner is ready Me: Great! Let me change first. Hubs: Don't ever change. I admit it, I love the cheese.

Ahhh this adorable dog wants to come help say happy birthday to one of our patients.

One of our ICU nurse’s MOM makes goodies for me. Lol, feeling the love.

His wife told me she has been holding his hand for over 30yrs, so we created this hand mold of them holding hands for one final time before he died. I might have teared up a little seeing how beautiful it turned out. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social

I've had long, bad day in the ICU. I am hungry, sleep-deprived, and tired. But I am not fighting for my life due to some awful infection or cancer or some other horrible disease like my patients are. Perspective is everything.

omgoodness i love this

Hubs is having a boys weekend while I'm working in the ICU. Will it be weird if I asked them to be on the lookout for a loose diamond in the house. Sigh.

Fuck me. My engagement ring is missing the diamond.

"I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital." How does this man sleep at night?

When your sister @julieh325.bsky.social gives you a ton of basil from her garden, makes pesto and Thai basil chicken! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Two WOMEN of color advancing to the general election! The reality show personality didn't cut it by just being white and male! So proud of Los Angeles!

Weird text I just got: “Your dog is quite active. I just hope it won't come into my garden again.” I don’t have a dog. Wrong number or spam?