Oxygen

Mary Oliver wrote this poem about the love she felt for her partner’s CPAP machine during her last days of life.  To help a person breathe is an act of compassion, courage, and love that many of us have undertaken in our work.  May we always work to make our patient’s lives better.  May we always provide the breath—literal and metaphoric—that they need.

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Oxygen has been removed from Our Break Room at the request of the Oliver’s estate.