The Day My Strong Heart Broke
Here I lie on a gurney. The ER doors open. People rush toward me. Someone puts little patches on my chest while a blood pressure cuff is strapped on. Another nurse looks for a willing vein. I just…
Here I lie on a gurney. The ER doors open. People rush toward me. Someone puts little patches on my chest while a blood pressure cuff is strapped on. Another nurse looks for a willing vein. I just…
“Your husband is having a heart attack,” the ER nurse says. I watch Mike’s breaths get shorter and shorter. “He is not!” I want to scream back. But instead, I sit here watching. After all, he was in…