The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y49JVZJ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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R. Hirsch said If Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his son's heart problem touched you, read this book.. Just as I was nearing the end of this book, Jimmy Kimmel revealed the problems his son had at birth with a congenital heart defect. While Jimmy was forced to tell his story in a 5 minute TV segment, Elizabeth Silver gives us a whole book to present the story of her child's illness and her perspective. It is a touching story with fascinating story with interesting historical and scientific interludes that add to its appeal. Well worth the time to read.. "At times, I have to walk out of the room to cry." Elizabeth Silver and her husband, Amir, were alarmed when their six-week old daughter, Abby, started vomiting and seizing. They took her to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, and at first, the tests came back negative. However, a scan eventually revealed that Abby had bleeding in her brain. Silver describes her panic, guilt (although she had done nothing wrong), and fear that her baby's ability to function would be compromised. In addition, she and Amir endured a lengthy interrogation about whether they had hit, dropped, or shaken their infant."The Tincture of Time" is "an amalgamation of how [Silver] coped with Abby's hospitalization and r. Laurie A. Brown said Thoughtful but wanders. A ‘tincture of time’ is what is necessary for many, if not most, ailments to resolve one way or another. You give a patient antibiotics, and wait to for them to act. You cut a person open, and wait for them to knit back together. Or you wait, and the patient dies. Some ailments take longer to resolve than others. When Elizabeth Silver’s six week old daughter Abby starts having seizures, despite hundreds of ultrasounds, MRIs, and blood panels, in the end only time gives them an answer as to what will happen- a lot of time. Years.While the book is based around little Abby’s medical problems, it’s about a lot more
The mysterious circumstances of Abby's hospitalization attract dozens of specialists, none of who can offer a conclusive answer about what went wrong or what the future holds. When her six-week-old daughter, Abby, was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit with sudden seizures, and scans revealed a serious brain bleed, her relationship to medicine began to change. It's a year of unending tests, doctors' opinions, sleepless nights, and, above all, uncertainty. Silver felt an unquestioned faith in medicine. Growing up as the daughter of a dedicated surgeon, Elizabeth L. The result is a brilliant blend of personal narrative and cultural analysis, at once a poignant snapshot of a parent's struggle and a wise meditation on