The Koi Who Climbed the Waterfall : A Memoir of Medical Self-Advocacy, Survival, and Learning to Be Heard
Overview
You know something isn't right.
But no one is listening.
Born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism, she entered the medical world before she could even speak. By the time she was a year old, doctors didn't expect her to survive. But survival was only the beginning.
What followed was a lifetime of hospitalizations, surgeries, and moments where being heard could mean the difference between life and death.
From a mother who refused to stay silent...
To becoming a patient who learned to speak up...
To fighting for her own daughter in a system that didn't always listen...
The Koi Who Climbed the Waterfall is a powerful memoir of resilience, survival, and the hard-earned skill of medical self-advocacy.
Through deeply personal experiences-including being dismissed by doctors, navigating life-threatening complications, and making critical decisions in real time-this book reveals what every patient, parent, and caregiver needs to know:
- How to recognize when something is wrong-even if others don't see it
- When to trust your instincts and push back
- How to communicate in a way that gets results
- Why choosing the right doctor can change everything
- What it truly means to advocate for yourself and the people you love
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798255043545
- ISBN-10: 9798255043545
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: June 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.21 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.32 pounds
- Page Count: 100
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