Not in Vain, A Promise Kept (eBook)

"e;An unflinching chronicle of loss that takes a hard look at the state of medical care in the United States."e; Kirkus????? "e;Absolutely powerful, heartbreaking, and helpful!"e; - Reader ReviewNo diagnosis. No explanation from a doctor. No staging or prognosis. The beginning of eight months of nightmare.____One moment Melissa was in her mother's hospital room with her mother and sister, waiting for the results of a biopsy already four days overdue. The next: a nurse walked in with what looked like nuclear fallout gear and multiple IV bags to tell Melissa's mother, "e;Hello, Mrs. Burns. I'm here with your chemotherapy to treat your cancer."e;The tears started. The nightmare began, and then unwound over an eight-month period of necessary grief...and totally unnecessary suffering.In a real-world story that is all-too-relevant, Not In Vain, A Promise Kept chronicles, in terrible detail, the repeated failures of a broken health care system. Medical mistakes, poor communication, false hope. The helplessness of a woman watching her mother slowly die-and, far worse, suffering pain and indignities that did not have to happen and never should have: suffering brought on not by disease but by human error and medical mismanagement. Indignities that carved Melissa's mother away one small piece at a time until finally, it was just the two of them, holding hands late at night in the hospital with her mother suffering yet again another side effect of cancer, and a promise asked:"e;Tell them what happened. Tell them how to keep it from happening again."e; The promise was given. The promise is now being kept."e;This is a book that you will not regret picking up!"e; OnlineBookClub.org "e;Readers will cheer..."e; Kirkus Reviews "e;Mullamphy does such a masterful job..."e; Foreword Clarion Reviews