Cancer

My son sat with my wife next to Ed. Irina stood at the head of the bed next to him.I wanted my son to see how we respect the people who so selflessly…

She took both of my hands in hers and looked straight into my eyes. I could see the strength and resolve of many hard years looking back at me.?"Young…

To have seen the young couple and their dog posing on the beach and at the Rose Garden in Duluth last weekend, you might have thought they were getting…

It was a beautiful spring day and I was on call. I was able to spend some time on this Saturday morning with Ivy and Jacob and we walked along the…

If I had told her she had lung cancer on that Thursday, the diagnosis of “pneumonia” never would have been in quotes. She would have continued to see me…

Dr. Vainio, am I going to die?Yes.And there's nothing you can do?No.I'm afraid to die. Should I be?I don't know, Agnes. I don't know.In the Spirit of…

I know you’re worried about hurting me and I want you to feel this deep inside. I’m an old woman and I don’t have anything left to pass on to anyone. My…

“This insulation and caulking are for my daughter’s house. She left home when she was seventeen and she was never coming back. She has a daughter who’s…

This week: do you believe in second chances?In the Spirit of Medicine features the essays of Dr. Arne Vainio, an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of…

This week: this big world can be a lonely place if you’re just waiting for it to end.In the Spirit of Medicine features the essays of Dr. Arne Vainio, an…