Heart Disease, Cancer, and More: a Nurse's Memoir
Author: Audrey Phillips
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Published: 2013-05-25
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781482763966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a true story of a registered nurse who worked in a hospital setting for over twenty years, working primarily in intensive care units. After taking care of critically ill patients for years, she contracts heart disease, creating the need for the placement of three stents in her heart. Undaunted, she continues to work. Six years later, she comes down with endometrial and pancreatic cancer, both at the same time. Later, she develops more problems and undergoes open-heart surgery with three vessels bypassed. During her career, her life is complicated by disagreeable working conditions and monumental personal problems. It is a story of her hard-headed persistance to overcome adversities, resulting in her ultimate survival which finally culminates in a happy ending.