Includes bibliographical references. "Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"--an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results...

The author describes how her husband of forty years was inexplicably paralyzed by a routine medical procedure and how they struggled to reclaim their lives together in the face of daunting losses.