This article appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Discover magazine as "Heart Ache." Become a subscriber for unlimited access to the archive.
Chloe looked miserable. She was curled up on the hospital bed, sweaty and shaking, wracked with waves of nausea, her heart racing. I gave her a cool washcloth and a basin as the nurse started her IV. I had cared for her before; though only 16, she’d been in the hospital a dozen times already.
