Sublime

our medical system, for all its extraordinary capabilities, is ill-equipped to handle the steep rise in this kind of chronic illness. That system is great at providing acute care and terrible at managing the complexities of long-term care.

He wasn’t convinced, and he remained unconvinced when a new nurse arrived to take my vitals and informed us that once I was admitted—which I currently was—it didn’t matter that I’d checked myself in; by doing so, I’d given up the right to check myself out. Barring legal action, I wouldn’t be released until my doctor was confident that I was no long