Below is an article I wrote after one of my patients died in the operating room.ย Of all the essays that I have written, this one is still the most difficult for me to read without crying.
Survivors Must Keep Living
One of my close friends, Michael Fisher, made a poster of the above essay. Mike owns a printing company known as Print Concepts, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Somehow, Mike made the essay the background of the poster and superimposed a beautiful picture of my two daughters. Over that, in large script he wrote the final line of the essay: “And when that day comes, all that will matter to me is that my daughters will be okay.”
It is the most special gift that I have ever received. I will always be grateful to Mike for his talent, thoughtfulness, and friendship.
Below are some of the nice responses I received in response to the above essay.
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