22q11 deletion syndrome, dialysis
Why “Chance at Life”? People occasionally ask why I wrote a novel about a dialysis unit. I wrote it because thousands of people daily drive past innocuous dialysis units, oblivious to the dramas occurring on the other side of those doors. I wrote “Chance at Life” to give the reader a peak behind the doors. Patients from every social stratum, […]
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Hanging up my stethoscope feels like losing a limb. I’ve been a nurse, a nurse practitioner, and a nursing instructor for all of my adult life. Over the years I have listened to thousands of patient’s stories, listened to their hearts, their blood vessels, their bowels, and their lungs. I have touched patients, held their hands, hugged them, made them […]
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