![]() ![]() Dr Awdish’s telling of this story is tense, powerful and gripping, and her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful – evocative and emotional. ![]() Somehow, against gargantuan odds, she not only survived, but came out of this ordeal neurologically intact, and is now back working as a medic and educator. ![]() She very sadly lost her baby, required multiple major operations and went on to accumulate a royal flush of every imaginable medical complication, from septic shock to stroke. A mass in her liver ruptured during pregnancy, a vanishingly rare event, and her entire blood volume leaked into her abdomen. I n two thousand and something (we’re never given an idea of dates in the book, meaning we’re always slightly disoriented in time, as if we’re drifting in and out of a coma in intensive care), Dr Rana Awdish was admitted to the Detroit hospital she worked in and came pretty much as close as is possible to death. ![]()
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Trigger Warnings: murder, death of family, PTSD, drug addiction, mentions of withdrawalĪfter her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. ![]() Dates Read: September 13th, 2018 to September 18th, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Romance Available to rent or buy Rent HD 3.99 Buy HD 9.99 More purchase options Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.If their powers remain unchecked, this teenage popularity contest could spell the death of them all. Forever My Girl A country music super-star returns to his hometown after leaving his love behind 8 years ago. ![]() Soon, Emily and Noah are on a collision course with the It Girls, leading to a shocking revelation that ties them together in unimaginable ways. But when Emily tries to free him from Sarah's voodoo curse, things go belly up, landing Emily on Sarah's hit list. 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