Nocticadia

Nocticadia

Author: Keri Lake Listening Length: 18h 36m
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Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living. After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the ol...

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CHAPTER 24

W ith gloved hands, I lifted Barletta’s tongue.

“Superior and inferior lip, as well as sublingual papilla, demonstrates vonyxsis,” I dictated into my phone.

“Dentition is otherwise normal. Bilateral scleral icterus. Bilateral tapetum lucidum. Dry mucous membranes.” I placed my stethoscope against his back, listening for a moment, then moved it higher and across his spine to the other side.

“Upper airway sounds are heard diffusely across all lung fields. Slight rattling, but non-productive cough. End dictation.”