Laura Michaeli, MD, FACEP

ALT I Drew a Venn diagram of the intersection of Winston Churchill’s “when you are going through hell, keep going” and Victor Frankl’s “those who have a why to live. An bear with almost any how” as George Takei’s “Gaman,” meaning to endure with dignity.

ALT Will Santino’s cartoon of a person exhausted from making lemonade but still pummeled by lemons

ALT An apple impaled with candles so it could be removed from cake for blowing. Seriously‽

ALT A potted plant with candles to celebrate another birthday. Nothing was unaffected

ALT Hot pink foam plug in ear - Barbie’s favorite color used as soundproofing for loud Oppenheimer movie

ALT A patient with abdominal pain was actually wearing a T-shirt that said, I want pizza, not feelings.” I told her, “If you start wanting feelings, not pizza, go to the ED.” Visually, I have speech bubbles coming from our avatars: she has the fire emoji on the right lower quadrant of a photo of that shirt, I am the lady doctor emoji.