by Karen Morgan | Sep 25, 2023 | Healthcare, Patient Stories
Thanks to Nathan Dumlao for his photo A Visit This past weekend longtime friends from south of Seattle visited us. Jan and I have been dear friends since college days at CSULB in California and I am very familiar with her arthritic woes. But as she...
by Karen Morgan | Apr 8, 2023 | Personal Reflections
New chapter? Wait? What? Was there a book? Before you get excited, no. When I go through something big, something that takes up a lot of headspace and energy, I look at that as a new chapter. These are usually unexpected or unwanted. As we’re rolling into...
by Karen Morgan | Dec 13, 2022 | Personal Reflections
In J. Barrie Shepherd’s book, Faces at the Manger, he offers that perhaps one of the reasons the holy family was visited by a ragtag group of shepherds, and not more important sophisticated guests, was because the shepherds were the only ones who listened and...
by Karen Morgan | Aug 2, 2022 | Personal Reflections
Having practiced physical therapy now for 32 years, with a Bachelor of Science and a doctorate of Physical Therapy under my belt, one would think I know a thing or two about what it means to be a good patient. But recently, after having been hospitalized for nearly 5...
by Karen Morgan | Mar 1, 2022 | Patient Stories
There are good reasons medical professionals don’t treat those closest to them. Ego, relational dynamics, and just deep caring can obscure the objectivity of both provider and loved one, especially the more that is at stake. As you have learned by now, I care very...