I spent nearly four days in a hospital gown and it gave me pause. It was uncomfortable, in the bed where it twisted around me, and even more so when I was out of bed , holding it tightly closed with one hand on the way to the bathroom. I felt vulnerable and exposed. One […]

I’ll begin this post with the end of the story. I did not have open-heart surgery. However, I’m  pretty certain this was the most expensive, complex, and strange weekend of my life. It all started on Friday when I woke at 3:45 am with a heavy weight in my chest and the sense that something […]