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
Nurses have seen worse.
Part of my growth was becoming less invested in making my life look coherent to strangers.
The quality-auditor part of me had always loved clean systems.
Cause.
Effect.
Root-cause analysis.
Corrective action.
Marriage did not work like that.