SAFEKEEPING

Jason in the ICU at St. Anthony's in Denver, Colorado, on January 20, 2023.

"This whole journey would offer a plethora of new experiences, good and bad. Most specifically, I was about to learn what it is like to be the patient, the one on the other side of the gown. I had read about and observed the experience of a paralyzed patient, and now I knew firsthand. Devastation is the most accurate word."