Category: God is with us

When you think about a big hospital like UCSF medical center, the images of prominent professors, famous doctors, and skillful surgeons might first come to your mind. Yes, those are the people that put UCSF at a top spot among national hospitals in the country. But they are definitely not the only people making huge…

Ever since I came home from the hospital after my surgery, I have been waking up very early in the morning. Many thoughts are crossing my mind and my anxiety level will start rising until my mind is flooded with worries about the future. In the past, I could seldom catch the sunrise because even…

A triangle in a marriage is bad because it involves a third person trying to destroy the relationship. Over the years, we slowly learn that one particular triangle is good because the other vertex is God himself. We were married on January 12, 2002 in Saratoga, California. This year marks our 23rd wedding anniversary. Our…

I am rewinding to early March, two weeks before my hospitalization. I have been feeling dizzy and nauseous but my family doctor could not find anything. Exploring alternative treatment, I was introduced to a Chinese doctor/acupuncturist in Fremont. I went there three times during the first week. After the first visit, I felt much better…

During my stay at UCSF, the nurses would perform neurological assessments on me regularly. When I was in the neuro ICU, the assessments were done every hour. It got relaxed to once every 4 hours when my condition was more stable. Each time, I had to answer a bunch of questions about my name, the…