I’ve heard that in POW camps, sleep deprivation is a common form of torture. I can say that if that’s true, I think I understand how it works.  Lack of sleep is one thing; but continually interrupted sleep is grueling and painful. That’s what Lou and I were up against on our first night in […]

Lou had a regular rotation of nursing students, medical interns, and attending physicians visiting him in a steady stream during his first few hours in the ER. Each group’s leader asked Lou the same questions, and Lou willingly answered. He gave them plenty of details about his presenting symptoms, and every time, the attending physicians […]

When Lou asked me to marry him, he gave me an enormous engagement ring. It was so sparkly it nearly blinded me when I opened up the little black velvet box. An expensive or fancy ring wasn’t really necessary to get me to marry him. I knew I was in love for life; all I […]