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Life as a rural physician Mama in the backwoods of Northwestern Ontario
Back before there were just two of us (and Ada!) and I was a brand new grad, Blake and I moved across the country from Kelowna, BC to the small town of Sioux Lookout. Buried in the backwoods of Northwestern Ontario, Sioux Lookout is… Continue Reading “Revelstoke Adventures Update: Post-op Recovery!”
When I was about 22 weeks pregnant and still a resident physician at the Kelwona General Hospital, I remember working a night shift for the hospitalist service. This entailed being on-call for about 180 admitted patients who were ‘orphaned’ (i.e. didn’t have a family… Continue Reading “Mother’s Love (Happy Valentine’s Day!)”
Like the heavy snow slipping of the weighted cedar branches, the days of January have slid by. As I sit in our living room, the sun brightly shining over Mount Begbie, backed by a sky of brilliant blue, I can’t believe how fast our… Continue Reading “Hank & Walt do Revelstoke, Celia goes under the Knife and How to Sleep Train a Baby”
Tall snow-covered spruce and hemlock tower over me. The cool breeze blows stray stands of hair against my damp neck. My body is enveloped in the most gloriously hot salt water with only my toes peeking out of the bubbling pool. Is this real… Continue Reading “Luxurious Living”
Here are a few pictures from our Christmas in Bracebridge & Kingston! With Auntie Leah With Mom in Muskoka Family Christmas! Our little family Endless games of Settlers of Catan Blake & Ava making cookies A baby’s first Christmas Too much booze! My stocking… Continue Reading “Christmas Photos 2014”
Happy New Year! 2015 for Henry and I started with a bang! I had gone to bed with him before 10pm and after a little prayer to the baby sleep gods, we tucked in for the night. Promptly at midnight, this little goober decided… Continue Reading “Happy New Year!”
As my eyes slowly drift open, the glowing numbers on the digital clock come into focus. 2:26am. In a sleep-laden haze, I struggle to get my bearings. I hear Henry’s slow, rhythmical breathing. Painfully, I straighten out my body from my previous semi-recumbent position,… Continue Reading “The Sleep Obsession”
It’s 6:45am. With Henry in the sling, we sit by the woodstove in my parent’s kitchen in Muskoka – Ada at my feet. We have been up since 3am nursing, walking the creaking farmhouse floors, pumping, burping, changing, etc. Three times I tried to… Continue Reading “Southern Ontario visits!”
Wintertime! The week before we were scheduled to leave Sioux Lookout for my maternity leave adventure, the weather had decidedly turned wintery. Our beach transformed into a blanket of white and patches of ice floated in the shallow bay. Abandoning our stroller, we continued… Continue Reading “On the move”
After a blissful three weeks off of work, I am finally catching up on all of the things that I have been neglecting during the past months of finishing my residency in family medicine, studying and writing my licensing exams, moving across the country… Continue Reading “From the Arctic to the woods of Northern Ontario”
Life on Abram Lake 