Last March my husband, Erik, underwent quintuple bypass surgery. The surgery went well…the pain management did not. I wrote an essay about it, which ran in the January 2022 issue of The Journal of Hospital Medicine. I am posting the PDF here as a way to keep track of it, and for those who are interested in reading about his experience–and my fight to get him better care.
Author: Janice
A creative. Lifelong Marylander. After many odd jobs of adolescence and college, have always worked as a writer and published essays, op-eds, articles, and poetry in national news media and small presses. Collection of poetry, "Saturday at the Gym", about boxing, aging, and motherhood; collection of artwork and poetry, "What Are Mothers For?" On the verge of an empty nest for the first time in 30 years, my question is: What am I for?
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