MY PARENTS WALKED AWAY FROM ME AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS 13 — MY MOTHER WENT PALE WHEN THE DEAN CALLED MY NAME

said. And I could hear the tears in her voice. “Your biological parents have no idea what they gave up.”

“They lost me,” I agreed. “But I gained you. I’d say I got the better deal.”

Medical school proved even more demanding than college. The classes were relentless, the clinical rotations draining, and the pressure immense. Yet I loved every moment of continue reading …