Doctors Didn’t Expect This

steps aside and something softer takes over. We cling to laughter, to odd compliments, to ridiculous mishaps, because they prove that even at our most fragile, we are still gloriously, stubbornly human.

He walked in certain he was dying. His hands were blue, his pulse wild, the room shrinking around him. The nurse paused. The doctor’s face tightened.continue reading …