The world should be more like a children’s hospital
For 15 days, we lived at Children’s National Medical Center when our daughter Evelyn was diagnosed with leukemia. As a physician, I had felt like I had lived at the hospital before, but this was different. The first few days were a blur – long days followed by sleepless nights at home alternating with sleepless nights next to Evelyn’s hospital bed. My husband Kevin and I dressed in layers those …