She Lied That I Dropped Out Of Med School — Five Years Later, I Walked Into Her ER Room As The Attending

no family to speak of, and was one of the most competent and quietly extraordinary people I have ever known. She was the single reason I survived my first year — the person who sat on our apartment floor with me at midnight after I called home during a brutal exam week and was told my mother couldn’t talk because Monica was having a rough day at work.continue reading …