My Father Signed a DNR to Save Money While I Was Unconscious in the ICU — He Didn’t Expect Me to Wake Up

my best friend from nursing school who lived forty-five minutes away in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Her name was listed clearly on my file with her phone number and relationship.

Pat found it in under two minutes. She called Deborah at eleven-fourteen. Deborah picked up on the second ring.

Pat explained everything—the accident, the coma, the surgery that continue reading …