Christine Pisera Naman

Oct 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Nancie Wiseman Attwater |Kellie Stecher |Claire Brown |Christine Pisera Naman

A widow’s walk, also known as a widow’s watch or roof walk, is a railed rooftop platform often having an inner cupola or turret, frequently found on 19th-century North American coastal houses. The name is said to come from the wives of mariners, who would watch for their spouses’ return, often in vain, as the ocean took their lives, leaving the women widows.

Nov 28, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Ana Caballero |Kellie Stecher |Christine Pisera Naman

An excerpt from A Petit Mal. In ER, we are seen by French doctor, which is unusual and relevant because doctor asks boy if he likes any French soccer teams. Boy is wearing Italian soccer jersey. Yes, Paris Saint-Germain, boy says. Ah, doctor says, you like PSG. And you also like Juventus, ah. Boy is wearing soccer jersey with the number and name of Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, a well-known Colombian striker who plays for Juventus, a team from Italian city of Turin. Yes.

May 14, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Jennifer Mills |Christine Pisera Naman |Elizabeth Patton |Melanie Sulistio

Like Seattle rain, the tears were persistent and recurrent for months. Hearing the words, “Your prenatal screening shows a high probability of Down syndrome,” followed two days thereafter by an ultrasound and the doctor’s words, “Well, you saw the ultrasound. This looks like Down syndrome and a cystic hygroma. You’ll need to come back for another ultrasound in a few weeks.” It was the first and last time we ever spoke to that doctor. Diagnosis Day. It’s burned into my memory.