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I spent this past weekend with my cousin and his family in New Jersey.  It was refreshing to forget about life in Long Island for a few days and have a wonderful time with relatives I haven’t seen in years.  I also went into Manhattan on Saturday night with my cousin and went to a [...]

Something about the long cold winter makes one appreciate the spring and summer that much more.  It’s hot outside, and more people are spending more time outside. Also, the weather is changing people’s attitudes as people are starting to be more polite to one another.
Anyway, it’s a nice change to an otherwise monotonous life here [...]

Eric De La Cruz is a 27 year old who is dying of a heart condition and desperately needs a heart transplant.   Being a medical student reading the following description of his heart problem from his website strikingly alarmed me:
“Eric has Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy with an EF of 15%. His kidneys are having trouble because [...]

This past weekend I went to New Haven, Connecticut and visited some good friends of mine from my Czech Republic days.  I spent the entire day with them touring the Yale campus and hanging out.  It was a great escape from my everyday routine and almost therapeutic.
Three more weeks are left in my surgery rotation.  [...]