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

was appointed chief of trauma surgery at thirty. Maggie’s sealed envelope turned out to contain a nomination letter for a surgical excellence award, filed three years before I would receive it. She had known before I did.

Ruth called every Sunday. She kept me informed in the measured way of someone defusing a device one wire at a time. Through her, continue reading …