Chapter One Hundred-Twenty–Doctor’s Visit

Michael spent most of the afternoon getting Julie a faster appointment and succeeded before the business day ended. Finally, an appointment opened first thing in the morning.

Michael spent a sleepless night. He was too concerned about Julie to sleep. Michael ended up sitting in bed staring at his wife, worried if he slept, he wouldn’t wake up to help her if she needed him.

How had he ended up like this? He’d never missed sleep over anyone before this.

Michael thought about how he waited a lot longer than he’d expected for Julie to become pregnant. He’d put a lot of effort into making it possible.

His concern moved from impregnating Julie to her concerns about receiving decent care while pregnant and not suffering through the subjective opinions of the doctors and nurses masquerading as professional opinions. He understood Julie’s concerns. The entire medical system bogged down with opinions, blaming or belittling women, and he had los