Code Blue Cafeteria

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06/13/24 • 67 min

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Barrett and his wife Jane are both oncologists – they share a social world, a professional world, and a rich life together. But one thing is not shared—a secret that’s as heartbreaking as it is cataclysmic.

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Family Secrets - Code Blue Cafeteria

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Family Secrets is a production of iHeartRadio. This semi conscious woman moaning loudly on the bench wasn't just anyone. This was Jane, my partner of thirty years. What was happening? Was she dying? She sure looked like she was dying. I desperately wanted to help her, but I couldn't suppress my fear and confusion long enough to think straight. All the usual tricks we doctors used to create a self protected distance between an acubely suffering pa