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Author Insight
Medical Residents Enter Pandemic War Zone
I've got it easy compared to many during this Coronavirus pandemic, but its poisoned tentacles have touched my family as well. My daughter graduated medical school this spring and for so many years I dreamed of her graduation ceremony. Cancelled. There will be no opportunity to hug her hard and tell her how proud I am of her before she marches into a Coronavirus war zone in a downtown Philadelphia hospital, a hotspot for infections. Did I mention she was first in her class? She worked so hard for years to get where she is, but there will be no celebrations, accolades, or family vacation to mark the end of this long academic journey. She'll start work alone. Probably a little frightened. Me, too. Prayers for the new doctors facing this baptism of fire.
Book Excerpt
Dream Horse
Her head snaps up, and mascara-smeared eyes bore into mine. “It’s not always all about you, Cory.”
A wave of anger pulsates off her and pushes me back in my chair. “I know. I wasn’t saying that.” I glance up in time to watch Jess as she slips out of the kitchen.
Mom stands, pushing the chair on its back legs. It wobbles, so I reach out to steady it.
“I’m not staying here, not now.” She tugs her long shirt down and smoothes it flat. Her chin lifts. “Not now that your father’s getting married again.”
My mouth falls open. That was the news—his big news he wanted to discuss with Mom before telling me. That was what the phone call was all about. That’s why…everything.
Mom steps around me. On her way upstairs, she brushes against the wall and bounces off it like a bumper car.
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