More Than Medicine
I will never forget the day we arrived at Boston Children’s Hospital. I was five years old and had just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Dr. Mark Rockoff met us in the lobby and walked us to my room. My dad knew him well—he had completed his pediatric anesthesia...
The Art of Listening: What Patients Really Remember
Hi friends, When I woke up paralyzed, I couldn’t take care of myself, and my nurses did everything for me. They fed me, bathed me, lifted me, changed my bandages, helped me go to the bathroom, and dressed me. It felt like it wasn’t just their job — they seemed...
What Patients Remember The Most
Hi friends, After my first surgery, I spent several months having radiation treatment five days a week, and my nurses were with me every single day. When they had to make a mask for my face, everyone thought I would need to be sedated, but my oncology nurse told them...
The Kindness That Protected My Dignity
Hi friends, A few months before my second brain surgery, I went to see my doctors, and they asked me what I was most afraid of. All I could think of was that I did not want my head shaved. I had my head shaved before, and I did not want to lose my long, beautiful hair...
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