Archive for September, 2008

My very first patient

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

A very nice middle aged man who is quadriplegic. It’s unfortunate that I couldn’t meet his scheduling needs and had to give him up to a 4th year… I would’ve liked to have continued with his treatment since he is missing bilaterally mandibular 2nd premolars. Ah well!

Death is looming before me

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

As I rode the bus home today from Dr. G, I noticed the passenger sitting beside me was asleep. I watched him smiling softly as he bounced with the bus, and I couldn’t help but wondered what he dreamed about. All of the sudden, I thought “what if he isn’t dreaming of anything?” [...]