Beach Valentines: working love
Dr. Karol Watson listens to a heart whose beat she knows well – that of her husband, Dr. Christopher Branche. Photo There are nights Dr. Christopher Branche has to spend in the operating room, away from his family, and there are nights he has to cancel dinner reservations with his wife. But the long hours don’t exasperate her. She gets it; she’s a doctor, too. Chris and his wife, Dr. Karol Watson, both understand the pressures and the obligations of practicing medicine and the adage that if there’s someone “weaker [and] sicker, then we gotta go,” Karol explained. Chris is an anesthesiologist at Long Beach Memorial and Karol a cardiologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Between their patients and their four kids, husband and wife have hectic schedules, but still manage to make time for a love they started cultivating over two decades ago. “Sometimes it’s just as spontaneous as a tray of cheese [and] a couple of glasses of wine when there’s a half-hour break in the homework action,” Chris said. “Other times it’s a nice dinner or show, which is a little harder to coordinate, but we make the time.” Chris and Karol originally met through a mutual friend. Well, Chris met Karol…
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