The Quick and Dirty (SBAR* version):

The Quick and Dirty (SBAR* version):

My wife and I have been together for more than 20 years. We met in training, and have been practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN: doctors who care for women during pregnancy, deliver babies, operate on and medicate ‘lady parts’ as a surgeon friend calls it) in Minneapolis and its suburbs since the early 2000’s. We have two daughters, teenagers as I write this. My wife and I had sudden, severe medical crises in 2020 that had nothing to do with Covid: she had a heart attack at age 46 with virtually no risk factors, and I had a benign but large brain tumor, with no real symptoms until I had a seizure.

This is the story of how our family came to be, what we’ve done, how we survived all of the above, and what we’ve learned.

*SBAR is a strategy for succinct communication: Situation, Brief, Assessment, Recommendations. I’ve left out the recommendations, which is clearly to read this, or don’t. Acronyms are the rule in medicine, particularly OB/GYN.