Mary Grace Braun

Mar 14, 2024 | kevinmd.com | L. Joseph Parker |Dennis Wichern |Gary Call |Mary Grace Braun

As I wait for the next patient to be brought in, I start reviewing their chart. Past medical records have been received and scanned in per protocol, I see. This won’t be the first time I’ve seen his chart as he had to submit medical records and be approved before he could get an appointment to see me. A forty-something African American male has been complaining of chronic back pain for several years off and on. It has been hurting now for several months this time, an old sports injury.

Feb 25, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Mary Grace Braun |Betty Rabinowitz |Hans Duvefelt |Toni Bernhard

At her first visit, still lightly jaundiced, Jennie wanted to talk about a liver transplant. I told her that she had to be sober for six months before they would consider putting her on the list. She told me proudly that she had been sober for three weeks. “How are you doing without alcohol?”“Going without alcohol would be very hard for me,” she said, “I have just one glass of wine each night at dinner.” My mouth dropped open.