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After two failed marriages, Bob meets Jessica. One whirlwind romance, transcontinental move, and medical degree later, the two have built a life together in El Paso, Texas.
The beginning of the end starts when Jessica is diagnosed with a smoldering form of bone cancer: essential thrombocythemia. Bob has grown accustomed to practicing emergency medicine on patients at the razor's edge between life and death, but still he is not prepared to bear witness to Jessica's terrifyingly swift decline as her condition progresses to leukemia. After twenty-nine years of marriage, Jessica is admitted to the hospital on Valentine's Day 2023. Bob loses Jessica forty days later.
The map of a cancer journey is individual, but it is the tragic truth that for many, the destination is the same. In A Murmuration of Demons, Bob chronicles Jessica's hard-fought battle with scientific precision laced with a deep sense of powerlessness, both qualities heightened by his medical training. In this moving and candid memoir, he explores what it means to live a good life, to let go of loved ones, and to accept that some debts can never be repaid.
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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
After two failed marriages, Bob meets Jessica. One whirlwind romance, transcontinental move, and medical degree later, the two have built a life together in El Paso, Texas.
The beginning of the end starts when Jessica is diagnosed with a smoldering form of bone cancer: essential thrombocythemia. Bob has grown accustomed to practicing emergency medicine on patients at the razor's edge between life and death, but still he is not prepared to bear witness to Jessica's terrifyingly swift decline as her condition progresses to leukemia. After twenty-nine years of marriage, Jessica is admitted to the hospital on Valentine's Day 2023. Bob loses Jessica forty days later.
The map of a cancer journey is individual, but it is the tragic truth that for many, the destination is the same. In A Murmuration of Demons, Bob chronicles Jessica's hard-fought battle with scientific precision laced with a deep sense of powerlessness, both qualities heightened by his medical training. In this moving and candid memoir, he explores what it means to live a good life, to let go of loved ones, and to accept that some debts can never be repaid.