Greg

#122 Shanksteps The nurse called me and said it was urgent.  Audrey is sick with malaria.  Quinine is making her very dizzy and nauseous.  I said goodnight to her and headed to the hospital.  A 20 year old male lay…

Shanksteps #121 She sat down on the bench in my office and grinned, or at least did that motion with her lips.  Something was in front of her teeth.  She was three and her father had brought her in from…

117 Shanksteps It is feast or famine, as far as surgery goes.  I may go days or even a week and not do a surgery, then there may be so much I cannot do it all.  That is what Monday…

I am constantly amazed by the interest the rest of the world has in our elections.  I was awakened by a text message at 5AM with a worker telling me that Obama had won the elections.  Over the past few…