Todd Lejnieks
Nov 3 · 3 min read
Photo by Jeb Buchman on Unsplash

Embracing Life, Embraced by Death

I spent two weeks in a hospital recently, having a toe amputated. The result of a callous that broke open, turned into a foot ulcer, and got infected in a bat cave in Borneo, exacerbated by 45 years of type 1 diabetes.

Poked, prodded, sliced, and saved by western medicine, my life was spared.

Formerly distrustful of surgeons, I found myself crying in gratitude for Dr. Naomi’s expertise with the…

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