Out of Service (Paperback)

There is a special circle of hell reserved for paramedics who become patients in their own ER. Out of Service is a 22-chapter recovery novel about a blown disc that turned a first responder into a patient — and the little tablets that became a prison. Six weeks of waiting for surgery: a triangle of recliner, kitchen, and pills. No driving the kids to school. Just sitting, watching winter thin out the front window, counting pills. Written with gallows humor and honesty, this is the story of pain that reorganizes your life without asking permission — and the harder work of getting it back. For every first responder and working parent who got hurt doing the job and found the cure was worse than the injury.