🧵My best friend (Black woman) & I were pregnant at the same time 18 yrs ago. We both had preeclampsia, hers undiagnosed as her symptoms were written off. I was put on bed rest & hospitalized. She was told to relax. A week after she gave birth, the day my son was born, she died.
Sometimes, the best way to explain homeostasis to freshmen is to use your birth trauma as an example of how bad things happen when positive feedback loops like platelet clotting fails 😂🤷🏻♀️
I’ll do anything to get them to pass STAAR at this point.
Hey. Before Twitter goes away, maybe help me find my hero?
On Dec. 27th, 2020, my husband passed out while driving, and our car crashed at 70mph on I-10 near Jacksonville, FL.
A driver headed the opposite direction saw the crash, exited the interstate, and got back on- 1/6
Honor of my lifetime to run this race with you. Good came from this and will continue to come from this.
We are in this fight for life. Not sure the path or the role but I know the way is forward. I will see you all out there.
Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research.
How has this happened and what’s the fallout? 🧵
The messaging needs to be clear, consistent and true. “Congress can override what the Supreme Court did and pass a law to legalize abortion. To do that, we need to elect 2 more Democratic Senators and to hold the House. Pres Biden will sign a law codifying Roe if that happens.”
Please don’t cut trans men and nonbinary people out of the conversation today. This is not just a women’s rights issue, anyone who can get pregnant is affected.