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The "Curiositers"

There was never a day I did not ask my mother a question. Ranging anywhere from why the grass sparkled with dew after a shower the night before, to what the fellow pacing the sidewalk with a phone to his ear was thinking, to why God took Grandpa to heaven last month, I had an overwhelming desire to understand why the world was unraveling around me in the exact mosaic that it was. Like a scrambled puzzle, I found answers to my questions here and there, but could never be satisfied with what was still missing from the entire picture. I reasoned with myself that there had to be more behind every “why” – more to question, more to understand, and more to explain. Quite frankly, saying I was born with innate curiosity that would come to define me as an individual would be an understatement, and saying that I am inspired daily as a result of such inquisitiveness would be nothing but the truth.             Of course, I still find my mind wondering into space periodically throughout the day
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11/22/17

11/22/17  It was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. With little exception, no-one plans to have surgery in their life. For the majority, the news comes suddenly, unexpectedly, and with a fair amount of anxiety. Though, once the nerves settle and one is able to become accepting of their situation, the best thing anyone can do is use their strength to be positive and optimistic about what is to come and how they can grow from the experience. For me, tearing my ACL while playing the sport I love was completely devastating. There was nothing more I could do besides attend physical therapy regularly to regain my strength in preparation for surgery and wait for the day that my journey towards recovery would begin. For more reasons than one, I had been looking forward to November 22, 2017 since my accident roughly a month and a half ago. Rather than dreading what has happened to me, I've aimed to use my injury as an opportunity to learn about myself and the medical field.
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Man Vs. Machine

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In today’s day and age of surgery, the question of “man vs. machine” has taken a stance in medical journals and hospitals around the world. To be quite honest, the idea of having tiny, matrix-like surgical robots pulling organs in and out from a patient’s body and performing sutures at lightning speed is not all that unthinkable. In only 3,500 years we’ve gone from ancient Egypt where physicians performed complete invasive surgeries with little anesthesia on the patient’s side to today where laparoscopic surgery is more or less a standard for many procedures. Consider: just two years ago Nasa worked on a project with the American medical company Virtual Incision to design and develop a robot that can be placed inside a patient’s body then be controlled remotely by a trained surgeon. Whether we are comfortable with it or not, surgical technology is always advancing and becoming more developed. With that, I’d argue that interested surgeons have to reflect seriously upon the ever-shift
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Playing Doctor

I was never too fond of the classic childhood toys. Quite frankly, beautiful dolls and shiny cars never appealed to me as being anything more than hunks of plastic stacked on a Toys-R-Us shelf. Based on what my parents have told me, it wasn’t until I was about three or so that when visiting my Nana in Arizona, I received a gift that I’d come to consider especially inspiring and significant in helping me discover a passion that I am still pursuing today. A wide variety of mock instruments like a stethoscope, scalpel, plexor, stapler, and much more were bundled in a large, clear doctor’s tote. Curious and bright eyed, I tore into that bag like candy. I was in awe of what all I could seemingly do with a few pieces of equipment in my hands and the right mindset. My play medical kit, which today I happen to have resting behind a wood bureau in the corner of my room, became my pride and joy. I can vividly remember “doctor” being my favorite childhood game. My parents, being as cooperati
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