Meghan G. Liroff, MD is an emergency physician working out of Metro-Detroit. At this early stage in her career, she is focused on becoming a good doctor, healthcare disparities, remembering to feed her dog, Moses, and growing up. Her favorite book is The Velveteen Rabbit. Find more of her publications in Intima, Pulse, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and Journal of Emergency Medicine, among others. When not at work, you can find her either in a theater, or any place under an open sky.

The Calm Between
I’m in the back of an ambulance rig driving 110 miles an hour down the highway with the lights and sirens blaring. The knuckles of my right hand are crushed every four minutes as my patient has contractions. She cries…