Dr Mike has been volunteering at the General Practice Residency program at Christiana Care since 1986. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with the dental residents. He was recently cited as one of 17 Christiana Care Medical-Dental Staff among Delaware Today’s Top Dentists.
Kira and Leah love going to overnight camp at Camp Tockwogh on the
Chesapeake in Maryland every year. Here is Leah’s latest letter home from
camp.
Ever since I wanted to become a dentist decades ago, people have told me that dentists have the highest suicide rate. I love my profession and my life and do not have any suicidal thoughts. I have since learned that there may have been a study supporting that thesis, but that it was a very small and flawed study, and that actually suicide rates among dentists are similar to suicide rates among other professionals.
Now the CDC has released a study showing that farmers, lumberjacks, and fisherman have the highest suicide rates. From CBS news: Dentists, doctors and other health-care professionals had an 80 percent lower suicide rate than the farmers, fishermen and lumberjacks.
A woman spreading the word about her new grandson accidentally texted a complete stranger on Saturday. He responded in the best possible way.
Deorick Williams of Tallahassee, Fla., tells Fox 13 that his brother, Dennis Williams, started getting texts about the impending birth of a baby at a hospital in Bainbridge, Ga. “We are at the hospital. Having a baby today!” read the first, according to a Facebook post that has so far been shared 195,000 times.
“Congrats lol but I think someone got the wrong number,” Dennis replied. Then came a photo of newborn Cason Knox, born to parents Mark and Lindsey Lashley, per WTHR. “Well I don’t know Yall but me and the boys will be thru to take picture with the baby,” Dennis added.
The grandmother quickly apologized for having included him in the group conversation, but the Williams brothers were adamant that they wanted to meet the new baby and his parents. And they indeed appeared at the hospital — having driven an hour from their home — bearing gifts of diapers, pacifiers, and baby bottles, reports ABC News. They also took a photo with the new parents.
“We had a great time,” Deorick says. “I was invited already, so I thought I might as well go. And why not bring gifts?”
“What a blessing these two guys were to our family,” the grandmother adds on Facebook. “They were so sweet and kind to do this! You 2 are great guys and thank you for giving to someone you didn’t know! … If we all only had this kind of a heart.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/22/strangers-get-errant-text-visit-new-mom-hospital/82111800/
Originally posted by: Arden Dier, Newser staff 10:01 a.m. EDT March 22, 2016
Corey Roca (Dr. Mike’s stepson) is one of the country’s leading Yu-gi-oh card players. He consistently does well in many of the card tournaments up and down the east coast. Here he is interviewed about the intricacies of the game at a card tournament in Charlotte, where he finished in the top 16. Although I can’t really understand the stuff he’s talking about, he seems to know a lot about the topic. I also frequently tell Tina that Corey is lucky to have inherited my good looks.
Our hygienist Angie and her husband Warren Sr. have a beautiful son Warren, Jr., who plays on the Smyrna Clayton Ducks soccer team that Angie’s husband coaches. You can see Warren Jr. (the cute blonde-haired boy) standing next to his dad in the team photo. Well, unfortunately, the youngster hasn’t been playing very well so Angie and Warren Sr. decided to trade him for another boy who scores more goals (seen in the picture on the right).
One of our dental assistants has been working too hard! I won’t say his name, but his initials are Attila.
Kira just finished the year with the Delaware Volleyball Academy 13 and under travel team. She made a lot of new friends and is going to continue with volleyball over the summer. Well done Kira!
