How Far Are You Prepared to Go to Save the Life of Someone You Love?371,000 patients die every year in the U.S. from preventable medical errors; 424,000 are left with ongoing disabilities (Johns Hopkins and u0026 Harvard).Rosie and Steve knew nothing of this when they had to move out of state for his liver transplant, due to an impossibly long waiting list in their home state of California.`If You’d Only Listen is a trip through medical hell, but thanks to Rosie’s midwestern tomboy grit and determination, she prevailed over a medical system that seemed bent on defeating her and Steve. The horror is leavened only by Rosie’s wicked sense of humor. The ADDENDUM presents a deep dive into medical errors and offers recommendations for how you can prevent errors from ending the life of someone you love._______________________________________________________________________________________________The Introduction to If You’d Only Listen was a Finalist in the San Francisco Writer’s Conference 2023 Writing Contest and has been published in their anthology, What We’ve Believed._______________________________________________________________________________________________ and “The phrase ‘Do No Harm’ has been attributed to Hippocrates, 4th Century BCE. In 2000, the book To Err is Building a Safer Health System . . . concluded that the problem of medical error is not bad people in healthcare, but good people working in a system that needs to be made safer to avoid preventable medical errors. As the author painfully discovered and demonstrates in her book, sadly, this goal has not yet been accomplished. and ” Benedicte Dahlerup, M.D. Neurosurgeon, Denmark_______________________________________________________________________________________________ and ” . . . It’s easy to be on this journey with the author. The story of her struggle to save her husband’s life after his liver transplant is personal and heartfelt, with the pacing of a medical thriller. Reading her work is like reading the work of a friend, along with resources at the end for readers who may one day need to advocate for their loved one. and ” Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press and author of Greenlight Your Book and others.________________________________________________________________________________________________ and “This book is an adventure story, tracking the travails and eventual successes of a liver transplant patient from the perspective of the patient’s wife and caregiver. It is all true; yet it reads like a thriller. I don’t know how she survived all these harrowing events and kept her sanity and sense of humor. She’s one tough cookie. and ” Robert A. Nozik, M.D., Professor Emeritus University of California, San Francisco

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