KevinMD July 28, 2024
My legs felt like thick, immovable tree trunks as I shakily shuffled down the long, cold hospital hallway in my chafing hospital gown and ill-fitting non-skid socks, pulling my stubborn and squeaky IV pole alongside me. My mom took small, measured steps next to me as we took our daily walk around the hospital floor to escape from my cramped, confining hospital room.
Now several weeks into my first hospitalization after being diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis via emergency colonoscopy, we had added this evening walk into our hospital routine. Summoning all the energy my exhausted body, at war with itself, could muster, we rounded the corner at the end of the hallway and reached the bench near the pediatric...