#Humanismalways

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 2Me: "Thanks for being honest about the cocaine."Her: "It's cool."Me: "You smoked it or tooted it?"Her: "Smoked it. Crack."Me: "Gotcha. What you smoke it from?"Her

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 1Right of refusal.Him: “I’m shook about this spinal tap.”Me: “Yeah?”Him: “For real, for real. I don’t know, man.”*silence*Me: “What has you most scared?”Him: *shaking head* “I don’t know,

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 6Intern YearHer: "You okay?"Me: "Ma'am?"Her: "Look like you was having a rough time when y'all were in here earlier." Me: "Oh. That."She was referring to post call round

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 5Him: "Them shoes you wearing. They some a your favorite shoes?"Me: *looking down* "My shoes?"Him: "Yeah. Your shoes. They your favorites?"Me: *squinting eyes and thinking* "Ummm. .

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/You: "You from Cali?"Me: "How'd you guess?"You: "I hear it, baby."*laughter*Me: "I know where you're from."You: "Yeah?"Me: "Louisiana. 100%." You smirked after I said tha

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/You used to wear bow ties. That's what you told me. Elaborate and patterned--real ones, of course. "None of that bullshit clip-on mess," you'd told me with a raspy laugh.

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 4Patient “Wait—let me take off my shoes and jacket before you weigh me.”The nurse shrugged. But the thing is—I know my weight is up. And I don’t need

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

1/Grady Hospital, 2019Her: "Um. . . the family invited us to the funeral. Dr. Manning, how do you handle something like that?"Me: "Like what?"Her: "Like being invited to a patient's