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When Death's Door Didn't Open: Meningitis in China

by Fred and Suzanne Gale

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Early one morning in March 2000, Suzanne Gale answered the phone and learned that her husband had become critically ill with spinal meningitis. He was in a Chinese hospital half a world away with only a 50 percent chance of survival. This is the story about what happened.

Chapters

From a Coffin-Sized Bunk to the Holiday Inn

Fifty Percent Chance of Survival

Masked Nurses, Machines, and Tubes

"Did You Come From India?"

Healing Tears and a Van Reservation

Losing Your Life...and Finding It

Thank You’s

About Meningitis

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