They Thought I Had a “Little Medical Job”—Until My Name on the Hospital Wing Came Up at Dinner

he glanced between us. “The new pediatric surgery wing at Boston Memorial. They named it after Sophia. The Hartwell Pediatric Center. It was all over the medical news last month.” He turned to my parents, clearly assuming this was some elaborate joke he wasn’t in on. “You were at the dedication, right?”

The silence that fell over our table was absolute.continue reading …