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Brought my dad to work today.
A retired union painter, all he did was stare at my degrees 😊
Degrees that wouldn’t be possible without his emphasis on prioritizing education and working to afford the schools I attended.
Thank you, Dad😊
Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS
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Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS
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- Daughter told me a boy asked her out in school. Me: What did you say? 8 yo: I said I can speak 3 languages and was the lead in my camp’s play. What can he offer. Me: 😳
- My mom asked me to check in on my 83 yo dad while she’s out. I go home and catch him eating ice cream in the middle of the afternoon. Apparently, he keeps a secret stash that only comes out when my mom is away 🤦🏻♂️
- I, a board-certified physician, was the recipient of a drive by “baklava” drop off at my office because my mother said i looked thin this week 🤦🏻♂️
- My mother would like to throw out an incentive to get vaccinated against COVID19: Free homemade baklava. Repeat. Free. Homemade. Baklava.
- Hospital parking should be FREE for all patients and their families and loved ones. And for employees too.
- Me, to my Greek aunt: Want to come over for dinner? Her: No, thanks. Me, to the same aunt: We have nothing to eat. Want to help us make dinner? Her: On my way. I’ll be stopping at four stores to pick up ingredients. Set oven to 450. I’ll bring my own cooking utensils. Me:🤦🏻♂️
- Being asked by a 7 yo if there may be a COVID19 variant that hurts children more than adults. Me: It’s possible. 7 yo: Then why aren’t adults getting the vaccine to protect us? 🤯 Here’s to children adulting better than adults.
- My mom made baklava for her orthopedic surgeon and his staff today as a thank you. Let me repeat: home made baklava for their office 😳
- Why count backwards by 7 when this is the true test of attention and cognition 🤦🏻♂️
- After work, I’m coming home to find my daughter has her friends over and they are all being fed by my mom, who’s talking to each one in Greek, and each one is eating and nodding their heads. Of note: None of the girls are or speak Greek 🤦🏻♂️
- Nurse: your dad is getting better but he says he is hungry but not eating our food. My mom, in the most passive aggressive Greek wife manner: That’s not food. I’ll bring him real food. Things are going great 😊
- And so the final hours are here, as we begin the process of saying goodbye to my sweet mother 💔
- My niece just blew me off by saying she has a Zoom meeting. She doesn’t own any electronic devices. She’s also four 🤦🏻♂️