My Wife, the Doctor Who Abandoned Us
The nurse's hands are trembling as she hands me the "Body and Cornea Donation Consent Form".
She asks, "Mr. Stone, is Stellan's mother coming?"
I gently wipe the blood from my son's lips and slowly shake my head. "No. She's saving someone else's child."
My son, Stellan Stone, is born with a complex congenital heart defect.
My wife, Sharon Claude, is the youngest cardiothoracic surgeon in the country.
Five years ago, she tells me she's going overseas to study the most advanced surgical techniques so she can come back and perform Stellan's operation herself.
For the past five years, she has sent home research papers, case studies, and handwritten surgery plans.
She always says, "Just w