More emerging infectious diseases.

California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it. The...

36 hours of rain.

36 hours of rain, then a small let up. Really rushed the doors at closing time today. 15 total on the none Sunday, 11 patients in the last hour and a half. Epistaxis. Leg wound infection. Surgical wound infection s/p open heart surgery. post-Pneumonia &...

Rainy, Cold, Blustery

16 patients. Rainy, Cold, Blustery Saturday. Sinus, Sore Throat, Fever, Croup predominantly.  Insect bite with allergic rash. 24 hr post MVA torticollis work-up. A lone DOT Physical. HOME Ear Piercing infection. Xerosis and Xeroconjunctivitis. Gastritis. Sub-Acute...

Misting, Windy, Chilly. Blackberry Winter.

Misting, Windy Friday. Chilly. The advent of a Blackberry Winter. 40’s tonight in May. 30 patients, 4 housebound called it in. Staph Folliculitis. HSV. Staph Puncture wound. Hemorrhoids. Sinusitis. Otitis. Strep x3. 5 DOT and 3 Spots PE. Alcohol DS. Bronchitis....

Cool Jam Thursday

Cool, Jamming Thursday Morning – 23 patients by 1:30 – many Orthopaedic cases. Slowed now. Looked like cold rain. Finished Out at 33 patients. Busy Morning through 1:30 PM then busy finish, slow on the in between, no rain despite the clouds and cool day....

Facelift Thursday.

24 patients. Facelift Thursday. Landscape cleanup and signs in the dormers, visible above the wall. Looks like rain, but will ride if it holds off. F/U on rollover MVA – diffusing ecchymosis and purpura, shrinking hematomas. MRSA Abscess I&D x3 in a patient...