Table of Contents

1. When a Child Has a Stroke

The whole team shows up to the rescue

2. Emily Just Wants a Diagnosis

A Diagnosis means you are not alone

3. David and His Shaking Spells

Suppressed Trauma returns in symptoms

4. Anatomy Students Put It Together

For young doctors, love starts in the brain

5. Memory Lost and Found

A young man and an old man remember

6. Samantha Becomes the Hero

A surgeon finds courage in a painting

7. A Granddad’s Final Heroic Act

The new heart lasted longer than expected

8. A Child Examines Maria’s Heart

People are more than noble ideas

9. Patients Get Better or Worse

A son mistakes delirium for dementia

10. Larry's Patient Transport Experience

Everyone who touches a patient can heal one

11. Only God Could See the Jumpers

Melissa holds tight to her faith despite a stroke

12. Vision Loss Without Darkness

The mysterious symptom of neglect

13. The Steady Hope of Mothers

To a parent, every child is normal

14. Tinnitus Follows a Patient Abroad

Chronic symptoms are not in brochures

15. A Struggle with Genetic Vision Loss

Creates an intergenerational friendship

16. A Brain That Holds The Stars

Cory Faces High School With a Disability

17. Tony Wakes Up in ICU

After a Texting and Driving Accident

18. A Subspecialty For Each Nostril

Hospitalists see the whole person

19. The Best of the Cosmos

Jenny accepts her hearing loss

20. They Call it Sundowning

Naming something doesn't explain it

21. Life After the Accident

A young couple take a leap of faith

22. Pandemic Nurses, Greek Heroes

A nurse builds a memorial so no one forgets

23. Looking Back at Covid ICU

Nervous heroes meet on a plane

24. Noah Wakes Up in Paris

Because life is a risk worth taking

25. Brianna Focuses Her Attention

Illness reveals what matters most

26. Waiting is For the Lucky Ones

A Surgeon Trades Hope for Patience

27. The Future is The Last Commute

Robert must captain his own boat

28. Making Time for Good News

The joy of putting the patient first

29. Taverns, Churches, & Hospitals

A place is the people who go there

30. You Better Knock on Wood

At Hospitals, You Never Say ‘Quiet’

31. The AI Therapist Will See You

An anxious kid makes friends instead

32. It’s Going to be Alright

Modern medicine can divide a family

33. A Father Holds The Cure

A scientist saves his whole family

34. The Lost Diagnosis

Scarlett was healthy all along

35. The Cholesterol-Eating Nanobots

The future is sometimes better

36. The Fall is Rarely Perpendicular

A friend tries to explain vertigo

37. Finding Old Man Strength

Two old mountain bikers dig deep

38. He Was Born Sleeping

A mother's love confronts miscarriage

39. Introverts Leave an Impression

Tiffany explains the power of art

40. After the Diagnosis

Andrea Clings to Her Best Friend

41. The Use of Beauty in Old Hospitals

Sublime architecture heals too

42. Expressing Love Without Speech

A disabling stroke repairs a relationship

43. Love Lost in the Louvre

Beauty is More than Classical Proportion

44. Like Two Stars in a Constellation

The Challenge to Explain Chronic Symptoms

45. Alice’s Disappearing Mind

How the subconscious hides trauma

46. Marion is Ready to Go Home

A Mountain Family Says Goodbye

47. Susan and Amy’s Coffee To Stay

Two Friends Bring Old Europe Home

48. The Hospital President’s Admission

The bottom line is on the monitor

49. A Meditation on Hope

Medicine and Faith as Two Pillars

50. How the Dolls Became Real

A gifted doctor returns to her hometown