Three Cups of Morning Coffee at the Oakhaven Diner Changed Everything

There was a fresh entry, printed in bold ink, for a blood pressure medication called lisinopril, forty milligrams daily, to be taken every morning.

Below that entry, in the clinic doctor’s cramped handwriting, was a progress note that made me stop breathing.

The note stated that at the patient’s representative’s urgent request, the daily dosage of lisinopril continue reading …