My Surgeon Husband Worked Five Floors Below Me While I Fought Sepsis for 30 Days—When He Said, “I Was Too Busy,” I Put My Wedding Ring on the Hospital Report He Never Knew I Had
Sepsis.
Persistent ileus.
An abscess requiring drainage.
IV antibiotics.
A brief stay in intensive care when my blood pressure fell dangerously low.
I do not remember all of the first week.
I remember fluorescent ceiling panels.
Dry mouth.
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