They Cut Me Off In Med School—Until They Saw My Name On The ER Badge

odds had shifted in her favor.

“Nice catch in the ER,” the fellow said, clapping me on the shoulder. “If they’d waited much longer to transfer her, we’d be having a very different conversation.”

“Just doing my job,” I said, though privately, the words tangled with something more personal, more jagged.

By then, my shift was technically over. Another doctor continue reading …