[s9e6] Second - Opinion

Here is a creative piece—a reflective internal monologue from —capturing the emotional weight of that specific episode: The Phantom Limb of Guilt

But medicine doesn't work that way. You cut, you remove the rot, and you hope the body learns to live with the hole that's left behind. Today, I’ll put on the scrub top. I’ll stand on one leg and pretend the other one isn’t screaming. Because that’s what we do. We survive until the survival stops feeling like a chore. Key Context from the Episode: [S9E6] Second Opinion

They want a "second opinion" on the hospital’s safety protocols. I just want a second opinion on my life. I want a doctor to walk in and tell me that the last few months were a surgical error—that they can go back in, opening the wound, and put everything back exactly where it belongs. Here is a creative piece—a reflective internal monologue