Josie’s Story
Josie’s Story by Sorrel King, published by Grove Press in September 2010, is a poignant memoir that recounts the harrowing experience of a mother navigating the healthcare system after her daughter, Josie, suffered severe burns from a faulty water heater. Sorrel King, a mother of four, details her time at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she remained by Josie’s side during her recovery. Tragically, just before Josie’s discharge, a medical error led to her untimely death, prompting Sorrel to transform her grief into advocacy for better healthcare practices.
In this reprint edition, readers will find a deeply personal narrative that intertwines the challenges of loss with the journey toward healing. Sorrel King’s account not only highlights the emotional toll of medical errors but also offers insights into the healthcare delivery system. The book concludes with a resource guide aimed at patients, families, and healthcare providers, providing practical advice on managing hospital stays and addressing medical errors. With 272 pages, this memoir serves as both a heartfelt tribute to Josie and a call for awareness in health care issues.
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Sorrel King was a 32-year-old mother of four when her eighteen-month-old daughter, Josie, was horribly burned by water from a faulty water heater in the family’s new Baltimore home. She was taken to Johns Hopkins–renowned as one of the best hospitals in the world–and Sorrel stayed in the hospital with Josie day-in and day-out until she had almost completely recovered. Just before her discharge, however, she was erroneously injected with methadone, and died soon after.
Sorrel’s account of her unlikely path from grieving parent to nationally renowned advocate is interwoven with descriptions of her and her family’s slow but steady road to recovery, and ends with a deeply affecting description of a ski trip they took recently. The sun is shining, her children are healthy, and they are all profoundly happy–a condition that Sorrel has learned to appreciate all the more for Josie.
The book ends with a resource guide for patients, their families, and healthcare providers; it includes information about how to best manage a hospital stay and how to handle a medical error if one does occur.
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