KMBC Channel 9: Trucker to Medical Student

The picture was apparently sent to KMBC, and they led off my TV story with it. Sorry for the poor quality of the picture and sound, however by the time it occured to me to save a copy, my only choice was to record it off of my computer screen with my digital camera, I zoomed in on the image not much bigger than a thumbnail.

I was particularly proud of my oldest girls Erin and Renee

62 truck in Arizona

Here is the picture mentioned previously, this one was taken at the same spot on Interstate 17 in Arizona. It was taken in June of 2004, between graduation for the University of Kansas in Lawrence and the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City.

I sent it to one of the admissions folks I had gotten to know, she found it amazing a medical student would be in a position to drive "one of those big trucks". True to the old rule, once something is on the net... it is everywhere. This picture appeared again... this time ON TV!

This was my last trucking trip, I drove this semi after graduation from medical school before it was time to start residency... so technically this was my first job as a physician! The location has a special meaning to me, this is a scenic overlook just south of Flagstaff Arizona on Interstate 17. I have another photo of another truck taken the summer before I started medical school taken in the same spot.

The last "formal" family photo

Note the number of kids... FOUR, we assumed that this sort of production was attainable every time... even when our family grew!