Interference

by Brad Parks

But even though I had never said this out loud, I had always felt like there was a larger purpose to my suffering. I was the repository for our family’s entire share of crappy luck. I had taken the whole load of it so Matt and Morgan could go forth into the world happy, strong, and healthy. That was why this shouldn’t have been happening. All our crappy luck was supposed to have been used up already.

medical industrial complex that can make a hospital the worst place ever to actually get better.

“But then, as soon as I try to live that decision, I feel crazier than a bag of monkeys.