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A pause. \u201cShirley? Jesus. It\u2019s been years. What do you need?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at Crestwood Meadows. I need out, now. My daughter is in your ER, and I know she didn\u2019t fall down any stairs. I\u2019m calling in that favor from Kandahar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pete didn\u2019t ask questions. He remembered the night I had kept manual pressure on his femoral artery for three hours while insurgent fire pinned us down. Some debts transcend paperwork.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEmergency specialist consult,\u201d he said instantly. \u201cI\u2019ll make it look official. Transport will be there in thirty minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When the transport arrived, the Crestwood manager protested, waving my admission papers. The transport nurse simply handed him a transfer order with Pete\u2019s signature on it. I walked past him, my spine straight, carrying nothing but my purse.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t just leaving a nursing home. I was deploying.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A pause. \u201cShirley? Jesus. It\u2019s been years. What do you need?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m at Crestwood Meadows. I need out, now. My daughter is in your ER, and I know she didn\u2019t fall down any stairs. I\u2019m calling in that favor from Kandahar.\u201d Pete didn\u2019t ask questions. He remembered the night I had kept manual pressure on…<\/p>\n

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