Hands weathered with age and Salvadoreño sun touch the raised scar along her sternum. Her enormous eyes see faces framed by flor de izote, hibiscus. Not a transplant candidate. National Diuril shortage. Her mom wept, no one told me the new dose. Her small white coffin was a few centimeters too large for the vault.
Ojitos,
Literature
by Katie Gradick, MD
Katie Gradick, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Katie Gradick is a pediatric palliative physician at Primary Children's. She writes about children and families as a way to honor them and navigate grief.
