My daughter hangs upside down in a tree.
I wait for the fall
hoping we do not land in the ER.
I wait, just like I waited this past week
in a hospital, eerily devoid of visitors,
for the wave of COVID patients.
Will they overwhelm,
or will we “flatten the curve”?
I wait while balancing roles—
parent, doctor, teacher;
doctor, teacher, parent;
teacher, parent, doctor—
and hope we have saved lives.
She lands feet first.
NARRATIVE ESSAYS
Waiting, March 2020, Seattle
Kimberly Collins, MD
Fam Med. 2021;53(2):149-149.
DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2021.261767
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Lead Author
Kimberly Collins, MD
Affiliations: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Corresponding Author
Kimberly Collins, MD
Correspondence: University of Washington, 331 NE Thornton Place, Seattle, WA 98125. 206-520-2405. Fax: 206-520-2450.
Email: kimbc@uw.edu
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