Carolyn Boscia

Jun 6, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Carolyn Boscia

It’s past 10 o’clock as I approach our townhouse on a cold Tuesday evening in early March. A light is on in the dining room. Maybe one of the kids had a bad dream? Hope nobody’s sick. I got stuck at work late, again, missed bedtime for the second night in a row. I pull the storm door open at a well-practiced angle, quieting its creak just enough to not wake up the children. Tiptoeing inside, I untie my dirty scrubs in the hallway.

Dec 22, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Carolyn Boscia |Edwin Leap |Julie Craig |Elizabeth Patton

I’m making morning rounds on the pediatric unit today: First up, 4-year-old twins with a severe asthma flare; next an infant with bronchiolitis on supplemental oxygen; then a dehydrated 3-year-old listless in bed. These children are all hospitalized with viral illness – but none of it is COVID-19. Meanwhile, their sniffling peers fill daycares and classrooms, and my daughter is among them.