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I lie awake and pray.

Update: A lot can happen in a week. On Monday, my mother's pulmonary specialist said he believed her condition was worsening and that she would likely need skilled nursing permanently. Given her advance directives, this was not good news to hear. I ended up having to argue with the specialist in order to get his "consent" for a second opinion. The second pulmonary specialist agreed that a tracheotomy should be a last resort, not a first option. For the last several days, my mother has b...

It’s a cause.

We stand for broccoli. For Pilates. And dental floss. We believe in the treadmill and its siblings StairMaster, and elliptical. In SPF 30 we trust. We stand for seat belts and stopping HIV. And we believe fruit makes a wonderful dessert. We have faith in optimism. In laughter as medicine as well as penicillin. And we are morally opposed to laziness. We believe in physical therapy, psychotherapy, even music therapy. All hail cold turkey, the gum, and the patch. We're anti-addiction. ...