Aliza pressed the small button again. And again. The nurses had assured her this would bring pain relief during labor, so why, twenty minutes later, did she feel no reprieve? When she complained, the medical staff exchanged skeptical glances.
“You’re getting enough painkiller to sedate a 300-pound man,” one nurse finally snapped. “This should be working.”
But it wasn’t working. Just like the Tylenol and Excedrin hadn’t worked when she was a child with splitting headaches, ear infections, or sore throats. Just like every pain medication she’d ever taken had failed her, leaving her parents doubtful and doctors questioning her honesty.
They stared at her, and Aliza felt the dread of a familiar scenario unfolding.
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