This morning, we had a 5.8 earthquake centered pretty much where we are. I was in my office doing charts and by the time I made it to a doorway, things had stopped. I called up the embryologists, concerned about my patients’ embryos and got the good news. Everything had held up. We had taken the precaution of bolting the incubators to the walls and that move had paid off big time. A few alarms went off, probably because of the incubators sensing there was motion. There had also been a crashing sound from the back of the embryology lab, but nobody ever figured out what caused that. Hmmmm. Anyway, it was reassuring that our precautions had been fruitful, and that we could feel safe about our embryos even in the midst of a significant quake. Now if only I could get rid of this recurring nightmare about the big quake and my dogs wandering the countryside fending off danger and hopelessly searching for me.

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