Tag: Ottawa Civic Hospital

How Our Winnie the Pooh Doctor Saved the Life of My Wife Anne to Eat Sushi Another Day

How Our Winnie the Pooh Doctor Saved the Life of My Wife Anne to Eat Sushi Another Day We call our “family doctor” Trespassers W in honour of a signpost fragment that recurs in the wonderful children’s stories featuring Winnie the Pooh, the iconic stuffed bear. Here is why our sawbones is so named:  ..

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Childhood Meatloaf and Anne/ Le pain de viande de l’enfance et Anne

Childhood Meatloaf and Anne/ Le pain de viande de l’enfance et Anne La version française de cette vignette suit la version anglaise. When I was a child, growing up in Georgetown, Ontario (1955-1964), my parents were struggling financially. One way that my mother devised to economize was to bake meatloaf cut with breadcrumbs. A lot..

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My wife Anne has brain cancer/ Mon épouse Anne est atteinte d’un cancer du cerveau

My wife Anne has brain cancer/ Mon épouse Anne est atteinte d’un cancer du cerveau   La version française de ce compte-rendu suit la version anglaise.   Anne had emergency brain surgery on Monday, May 12. The operation lasted about five hours and was deemed a “success” in so far as the surgical team managed..

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