“Family Day. No Drama.” – They Didn’t Visit Me in the Hospital. Then They Needed Me.

degree in public health, summa cum laude, after two years of balancing full-time coursework with hospital work—it felt surreal that the only visitors in my hospital room were the nurses, my academic advisor Dr. Chen who brought flowers, and a classmate named Marcus with a container of soup from the Thai place near campus.

No family. No one from the continue reading …