Spiritual Battle

U-Turns and the Straight Path

Running errands yesterday, I had entered a series of destinations into my Google Maps app, and clicked “Get directions.” My first stop was the fabric store and then my friend’s house to deliver a gift. I had a general memory of how to get to Terry’s home and proceeded on that route. But Siri had other ideas, and at several stoplights she urged me to make a U-turn. I knew I was on the right route, but Siri wanted me to backtrack and take a round-about freeway route to approach her home from the other direction. It was a nervy […]

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Deep Breathing in the Battle

Quite often when I am visiting a patient at the hospital, we become aware of a persistent beep from the vital signs monitor. The patient’s pulse oximeter is registering a low blood oxygen level, usually a dip below 90% (98-100% is normal). The patient will sometimes crimp the sensor taped to a finger or “forget” to breathe during conversation! The beep is a prompt to take a few good, deep breaths, and almost without fail the O2 number climbs back up into normal range. We can continue our visit without further interruption. A persistent beep has been going off for

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