Whitney Adams

BMC Pediatrics201919:74 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1437-3 ©  The Author(s). 2019 Received: 18 July 2018 Accepted: 15 February 2019 Published: 8 March 2019 Abstract Background Numerous cases of scurvy secondary to diet limitations have been reported in the literature with most being boys with special needs. To date, the focus of the literature describing vitamin C deficiency has been the medical sequelae of the deficiency.

Eight years ago, I made the move from New York to Los Angeles. I surprised myself by settling in so brilliantly. I soaked up every drop of sunshine and admired every impressive palm tree-lined street. I hit up every slick new restaurant in West Hollywood and every dive in Koreatown. I also completely avoided Downtown. Why would I want to hang out in a seemingly empty and abandoned quasi-metropolis, one that could never compare to my former Manhattan home? I realize now this was an ignorant assumption.

Put down that fifth tiki drink and step away from the Negroni you always order—the New Year stands before us, and it’s time to review the state of our drinking lives. For the past two years I’ve asked some of my fellow drinkers what they vow not to repeat in their drinking futures, but also what they hope to do more of. I’ve posed the question to myself, too. I can say that I’ve successfully fulfilled many of my 2015 goals—like making not one, but three Champagne towers this year.