When I pushed through the glass door into the surgical waiting room, a wall of eyes turned and locked on me. My already high adrenaline levels kicked up another notch. The surgical waiting area seemed to be standing room only....
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I do not have the capacity or the time to conspire to such heights of evil as you ascribe to me. I...
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I sat down in the empty, glass-walled SICU room and tried to pray the best prayer of my life. I...
Read MoreTime coiled like a watch spring, the tension increasing by ticks. We were on high alert, ready for that ultimate last moment before brain surgery. But it didn’t arrive. An hour came and went. We were left alone. All was quiet so...
Read MoreWhen the alarm went off, I woke with one thought – today is the day. The realization cut through the fog of sleep deprivation like a knife. I felt the miles between us and wanted out of that lonely bed. The house was quiet. The...
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