Sick Girl

About this book

With humor and radiant courage . . . Silverstein delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive.Ted Koppel Spectacular.Mehmet Oz MD cardiothoracic surgeon and coauthor of You: The Owners Manual At just twenty-four Amy Silverstein was your typical type-A law student: smart driven and highly competitive. With a budding romance and a heavy academic schedule Silverstein did not have time for illnesseven one that caused her to black out and suffer temporary blindness. When her family doctor suggested her symptoms were due to stress and diet she was happy to think calm thoughts and eat fistfuls of salt. At such a young age how could she have guessed that her heart was about to give out? With a grace and force reminiscent of Lucy Grealys Autobiography of a Face or Susanna Kaysens Girl Interrupted Silverstein chronicles her harrowing medical journey from first misdiagnosis to astonishing and ongoing recovery all amidst a romantic bedside courtship with her husband Scott and her uncompromising drive to become a mother. Silverstein presents a patients perspective that is fierce provocative and sometimes controversial allowing readers to live her nightmare from the insidean unforgettable experience that is both painfully disturbing and utterly compelling.