Snow Dialysis

We've been having another respectably-sized snowstorm here in the Boston area, so of course that meant I was safely home and about to chow down on some dinner when I was paged by the hospital (I was on-call last night) at around 9pm saying that there was a patient in the cardiac intensive care unit who needed emergent dialysis. After shoveling the car and driving extremely slow behind the trucks which plow & salt the streets, I made it to the hospital, threw a dialysis catheter in, and headed home. I took the opportunity to snap some snow photos

during the trip.

Corner of Chiswick Road & Commonwealth Avenue just outside my apartment.

It's coming down in buckets.

Arriving at Mass General Hospital at night, still bustling with business.

Picture of MGH Nursing Staff from 1909.

Picture of one of our dialysis machines. This particular one is nicknamed "Lurch" because of its apparent tendency to suddenly lurch forward while being moved, resulting in the plastic containers resting on top to go flying. I've been meaning to take a picture of "Lurch" for awhile since I've long thought it amusing that any dialysis machine would be named, and especially so after the Addams Family giant manservant.

And as extra-special Sophie Bonus Coverage, here's some video of Sophie motoring around in her brand new walker. Eat your hearts out, Mom & Dad. Next lesson: steering.