Dr. Litrel’s Blog
Cocaine or Prayer? How Best to Feel Better
Sixteen years ago, when I first started my private practice, the complaints of some of my patients confused me. Despite ...
Crying in the Exam Room
A patient I’d known for twenty years called to let me know her daughter was coming in to see me ...
Talladega Time
One False Move Recently, my son Tyler and I went to Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama to drive a NASCAR race ...
A Midlife Crisis
Both Ann and I are early risers. Since the first days of our marriage, we have sat most mornings in ...
Pregnancy is Tough on Husbands
The other day I saw a pregnant patient whose ultrasound showed a healthy baby the size of a peanut, tiny ...
Passing the Test
I am blessed to be a doctor, the fulfillment of my childhood dream. It has sometimes been a steep climb, ...
New Year’s Resolutions: Don’t Be a Spiritual Couch Potato
My office schedule was packed with patients one day when a colleague called me in to an exam room to ...
My Children Will Have Faith
A single surgical clamp, placed on the bleeding vessels of a ruptured fallopian tube, can save a patient’s life. I ...
Endless Love
It was Saturday morning, and already my wife had been working for several hours at the computer, sitting ramrod straight ...