With Macaulay convocation on Monday, I am trying to devote just a little more bandwidth to the thousand people who will be in Alice Tully Hall to see their sons and daughters graduate. But you want to know about Peter, right?? He deserves some congratulations too.? So here he is, walking for the first time.? […]
Wednesday morning
May 27, 2009 by
Peter was strong enough at midnight to call Caroline to ask for his cell phone. Thanks, Caroline, for not hanging up on him …and for delivering it! And thanks for many emails and messages.? We had a good night too.
Good news from Tisch Hospital
May 26, 2009 by
A much better evening, now that the waiting is over.?? This problem went way back to ten years ago, and could only have been fixed surgically.?? There was no mystery, nothing unanticipated.? And the long-term prognosis will be excellent. But one thing was totally unanticipated, and that was Dr. Dolgin showing up at the eleventh […]
In the hospital with a ten year old in 1998 v. an almost 21 year old in 2009
May 26, 2009 by
So many differences…. When Peter went off to the operating room around 430p, he was accompanied not by his mother but by his sister Caroline, a third year medical student, in scrubs. His surgeon was not our pediatric hero Dr. Dolgin at Mt. Sinai, but an adult surgeon, NYU’s Dr. Pachter. We’re prepared for Dr. […]
McNulty puts in an appearance
May 25, 2009 by
After watching the first two seasons of The Wire obsessively, what else would Peter name the stuffed animal that Caroline gave him? MCNULTY, of course. Please do not tell us any plot twists.? We hear that Season Three is the best.
Introducing my family
May 25, 2009 by
Here’s the team on a happy vacation day in St. Croix, from left to right: Caroline, Elisabeth, and Peter Weinberg, and Matt Stine (Liz’s significant other.) How’s this for deja vu…I have to figure out how to communicate health updates for friends who are eager to hear how Peter is doing these days. Email?? Listserv?? […]
NEW COMMITMENT
May 22, 2009 by
I attended today’s WordCampEd at Macaulay, and decided that I was being a wuss.? After years and years of being in technology-oriented businesses, couldn’t I figure this Word Press thing out? So I immediately started adding content to this site.? I still think that Word Press is only slightly better than DOS, but I’m going […]
More Cuba
April 13, 2009 by
Right around now, you are probably wishing I knew how to add photos in WordPress….if you could teach me how to do that, please let me know!? In fact, most of WordPress eludes me.? So that is why I am stuck, slow to update, slow to write, just slow….. In the meantime, here are some […]
Havana 2009
April 5, 2009 by
I am just back from an extraordinary week in Cuba.? It will take a while to assimilate the sights, experiences, and ideas of the past seven days.? Mostly, I think in terms of paradox and irony, a country of massive contradictions.? I saw many things I admired, and many that were horrifying, and it was […]
An extraordinary week at Macaulay:? Wednesday was the second