Opening My Heart: A Journey from Nurse to Patient and Back Again

by Tilda Shalof

Book Overview

Tilda Shalof had been taking care of critically ill patients in an intensive care unit for more than twenty-five years, but taking care of herself had never been a priority. That is, until she could no longer ignore her extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, and crushing chest pains. When the results came in, it was time to face the music: Tilda required immediate open-heart surgery to replace a defective valve and to repair damage done to this vital...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771079885
• ISBN13: 9780771079887
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"