What kidney stone pain taught me about human suffering
One morning after finishing surgery, my nurse pulled me aside. “You need to get into Exam Room One,” she said. “He’s in bad shape.”
Curled up on the floor was an active-duty Navy SEAL. His girlfriend knelt beside him, rubbing his back as he rocked back and forth in pain. A military backpack leaned against the wall. When he looked up at me, tears streamed down his face.
“Doc,” he said between …
What kidney stone pain taught me about human suffering
