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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

20 Jan

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#WhatsYourWhy: Day 7 of 7

Car Wash

Me: *approaching car* "Oh my bad. I thought they called for me."
Him: "Hey Doc . . . almost done." *looks over at co-worker* "She a doctor. Ask her."
Me: *turning to her* "Ask me what?"

She snapped him with a towel and scowled.

2/
Her: "Forget him! I ain't buggin' you out here."
Him: "Doc, you want air freshener today?"
Me: "Sure." *turning to her* "Happy to answer a question if you have one. But I also understand if you didn't want him putting you on blast."

*laughter*

She was limping.

3/
Me: "Something with your foot?"
Him: "See? Tell her!"

*pause*

Her: *shaking head* "My foot be killing me. 'Specially in the morning when I first get up."
Me: "Yeah?"
Her: "Yeah! Like that first step out my bed?" *squeezing her eyes* "Baybaaaay! You talkin' bout some pain?"

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

18 Jan

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#WhatsYourWhy: Day 6 of 7

You

You know how much I love you. We’re so close that sometimes we do that thing where we call each other at the same time. Because, in that precise moment, we both felt a cosmic need to connect.

That close.

And, on top of that, you trust me.

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I told you that I thought you should be vaccinated. You said something like, “I hear you.” But that? That was before we actually had a #COVIDVaccine.

So I didn’t press you.

But then the news hit. 2 vaccines—and an EUA for them to be injected into arms ASAP.

Yup.

3/
I brought it up again. You answered quickly.

You: “I’ll get it.”
Me: “Wow. Okay.”

And you went back to doing whatever you were doing.

Me: “That's all? Did you want to talk about it?”
You: *shrugging* “I mean. I’m getting it. So . . . “

You laughed.
I did not.

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

17 Jan

1/
#WhatsYourWhy: Day 5 of 7

Neighborhood Pizza Spot

Them: “Hey doc. . . gon' be a few more minutes.”
Me: *pinching down nose of my mask* “No prob.”
Them: “Sorry ‘bout that. You doing okay?”
Me: “Yup—you?”
Them: “Hangin' in.”

I nodded and stepped over to the side to wait.

2/
Them: *calling to back* “Y’all almost got that Brooklyn Style XL ready?”

Someone yelled back that it was coming out now. They looked over at me and gave me a thumbs up. I returned the gesture.

Them: “Bet y’all super busy. This pandemic is still bad!”
Me: *sigh* “Yeah.”

3/
A man walked in with a fluffy salt and pepper beard peaking around his mask. Without getting a name, they handed him two pizzas.

Man: “Be safe!”
Them: “You, too!”

Be safe.
You, too.

Me: “I love how you know everyone.”
Them: “I do know y’all!”

That made me smile.

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

16 Jan

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#WhatsYourWhy: Day 4 of 7

Senior Center

I stood with my gloved hands folded as she approached my station.

Her: *calling out* “Sorry I’m moving so slow.
Me: “It’s okay. Take your time.”

Slowly she approached, leaning her weight onto a four-prong cane with each step.

2/
She handed me her consent form and ID.

Me: “Hi! My name is Dr. Manning. I’ll be administering your #COVIDVaccine today.”
Her: *nodding* “Nice to meet you. I’m Eloise.”
Me: “Likewise, Ms. Eloise. Thanks for being so patient with us.”
Her: “It’s okay.”

*name/details changed

3/
Me: “Ms. Eloise, you right-handed or left-handed?”
Her; “I’m both handed. I was left but when I was little mama’nem made me learn to use my right.”
Me: *chuckling* “Well, let’s see. . . .which arm do you prefer me to give your shot in?”
Her: “Really? Neither.”

*laughter*

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

14 Jan

1/
#WhatsYourWhy, Day 3 of 7

Parking lot

I was walking to my car and saw 2 men next to a car and laughing. They appeared relaxed with one another.

Me: *waving* “Y’all doing alright?”
Them: *waving back* “Good and you?”
Me: “Trying to make it.”

They gave knowing nods.

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"Trying to make it."
An expression Black folks know well.

Yup.

One was wearing an Atlanta Falcons hoodie with the hood up. Only a strip of pecan-colored skin could be seen above his mask.

The other had on a thread-bare short-sleeved t-shirt & a neck gaiter over his nose.

3/
Me: “Dang! You ain’t cold out here with that short-sleeved shirt?”

He rubbed his dark brown arms and laughed.

Hoodie: “Nah, the ashiness is protective.”

*laughter*

T-shirt: “I’ll take ashy over that wack ass Falcons hoodie.”
Me: “Yeeeah. . .not the best year for us.”

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

14 Jan

1/
She's a Delta.🔺

Grady wards, 2016

On my rounds one day, I was with a med student talking to these two women about their seriously ill father. They were worried, tired, and understandably nervous. They asked a lot of questions.

A whole lot.

Damn, they were scared.

2/
Then, in the middle of an explanation, I was making hand gestures and one sister interrupted me suddenly.

Her: "Wait. Can I see your hand?"

She slowly turned over my right hand, gasped and then looked over at her sister.

Her: *whispering to sister* "You see that?"

3/
The other sister closed her eyes. Then she smiled and then nodded slowly.

Sister: "You're our soror."

She shook her head and released a big relieved sigh.

Then we embraced in a tight three-way Delta hug as tears rolled down their cheeks.

Damn, it was beautiful.

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