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I’d never related so deeply to a TV character until Nina Sullivan appeared on Season 15 of “Grey’s Anatomy.”“Then find me a test. I can’t keep living like this. I can’t keep being told it’s in my head when I know that it’s not. I can’t keep being told that I’m crazy when I’m not crazy,” Nina responded.
Having a physician like Bailey could mean the difference between access to treatment or letting a progressive disease cause irreversible damage. Bailey, with Dr. Jo Wilson’s help, solved Nina’s medical mystery after she’d been gaslighted repeatedly. Every undiagnosed patient needs a physician like Bailey, so they, too, can have another chance to live.I remember lying lifeless on the hallway floor as my body surrendered to the mysterious disease depleting my strength.
“He was dying, and I created something out of thin air. I took a virus that kills into something that heals, and I saved his life,” Bailey explained to her husband. Saving Braden’s life was Bailey’s top priority because she treats her pediatric patients the way she’d want her own child treated. It’s another quality that makes her an exceptional doctor.
If every patient living with an undiagnosed disease had a physician like Bailey, the health care setting would be more approachable for patients in search of an answer — and many of the 30 million Americans currently living without a diagnosis could be given a second chance to live.Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
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