Luis Chanaga Letters

Dear Healthcare Colleague,  Have you noticed that so much in our life requires charging. Headphones, watches, phones and cars just to name a few. As my phone gets older, I end up seeing that the batter won't last as long as it used to. Normally this isn't a problem and I am usually fine battery wise until I end up using it for extended periods of time without charging. I start seeing that percentage number go down and I wonder how long I can make it without charging. I have to admit that if I am in a place where I can't charge I get a little anxious and careful not to overuse my phone unless necessary. At around 20% it alerts me that it suggests I go into low battery mode which slows things down, yet I can still see that number drop and I start feeling that overwhelming thought that my phone should charge! It would help if I had a portable charger and I begin wondering “where can I find a spot to charge”. Almost always, I can make it without having my phone completely reach...

Dear Healthcare Colleague, When I get a car, I like to drive the car until it reaches about 200,000 miles. Currently I am on pace to take my 4 th  car to this stretch goal. That just says how old I am and how much time I have spent on the road. The past week while driving through a familiar street I was surprised to find a pothole so deep that when I drove by it the first time, I thought I had left one of my front wheels behind. A few days later while later in the evening and some rain had filled in the gap, I had forgotten all about it until I found myself once again hitting the pothole and this time it seemed to want to crack my car in half with the loud "THUD". That was enough! I wasn't going to let this happen again because I care about my 10-year-old Honda and we have some miles to go before that 200K goal. The next day, I went slower, I looked carefully and then I maneuvered through it without hitting the pothole that I was certain was after my car. I have since bee...