I am old enough to remember when punk rock first aired on the alternative radio station in Washington, D.C. In…
Articles by Annie Dixon
A brown masonry wall jutted out at a 90-degree angle just past the window in our hospital room. From his…
We got the official letter last week. The brilliant nephrologist who saved my husband’s life will no longer see…
Almost a century has passed since the Carter Family recorded their classic country song, “Will You Miss Me When…
Spoiler alert: It is not flowers and balloons. A couple of weeks into our stint in the critical care…
Celebrities seem to have it all. Their lives look so easy and enviable. We watch them sing, dance, act, and…
Medications come with warning labels. Maybe rare diseases should, too. Warning: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome may cause secrecy in patients…
The Serenity Prayer Most people know about the Serenity Prayer. It is a favorite among people with alcohol or…
My husband’s general practitioner, hematologist, and nephrologist each care for the same number of patients with aHUS as I do:…
When society shut down at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak last year, many healthy extroverts panicked. Their world…