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Baby Born at 37,000 Feet

People living in Northern Canada could have never known what was going on in the skies above their homes last week while they were eating dinner. A female passenger on a Korean Air Lines flight was giving birth to a baby. According to reports, Jadan Brown was delivered last Wednesday by his father Larry, an emergency medical worker, and a Korean surgeon who happened to be onboard the flight from the Philippines to New York City. Isn’t it amazing that whenever a major medical emergency occurs on a flight (major enough to make headlines, anyway) that a doctor, nurse or … Continue reading →

SUV Rollovers

Do you drive a sport utility vehicle? If you do then you likely are familiar with the report that found SUVs to be at higher risk of rolling over than conventional passenger cars. (Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal agency that regulates automobile safety proved as much.) Prior to the dramatic rise in gas prices I was convinced our family’s next vehicle should be a SUV. My opinion has since changed and the NHTSA’s report was only one the reasons I decided to research other vehicles. Keep in mind this was a few years ago. Now, … Continue reading →

Vehicle Airbags + Pregnant Women + Short Adults = DANGER

A few weeks ago I took my car into a service center to get a belt replaced. When an employee for the shop called to say my vehicle was ready to be picked up I automatically asked, “Is everything okay?” He replied dryly, “Your car’s fine, but the mechanic who worked on it was impaled by your steering wheel.” I had to laugh. I knew exactly what he was referring to—-my small stature, and the fact that I drive with my seat smack up to the steering wheel to reach the pedals. I chuckled then, but shortly after that exchange … Continue reading →