Grief in the Midst of Medicine: Losing Veronica in April, 2019
In less than three months, I turn 30. A new decade awaits, but before I step into it, I’ve been reflecting on the journey that has shaped me. It's triumphs, its trials, and the moments that left indelible marks on my heart. One of the hardest chapters came during medical school, when I faced a loss that forever altered how I saw life, family, and medicine. It was a season that tested not only my knowledge as a student but my soul as a brother and a son. Grief in the Midst of Medicine: Losing Veronica in April, 2019 One of the bitterest season during my medical school journey (between 2014 and 2020) was losing Veronica. She was one of the only two biological sisters I had. It was in April of 2019. And I was in Level 500. The semester was intense, with clinical rotations demanding most of my attention. Yet nothing could have ever prepared me for the dawn of that Saturday. I was startled awake by a call on the dawn of Saturday the 06th of April, 2019. It was my mother on the line, wee...