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The Bug Zapper
ByJNJ April 4, 2026April 5, 2026

The nightmare woke me at 1:44 in the morning. I felt the kick first—a jolt to my left side, electrical charge coursing through my chest, my arm, my head. I came up out of sleep certain it had happened. Certain the ICD had fired. It hadn’t. The nurses pulled several minutes of EKG records to…

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The Journey

I Chose Life Three Times
ByJNJ March 22, 2026April 5, 2026

Death came to my room more than once. The first time, I was at home, alone in the dark. I woke to a presence and looked toward the corner near the ceiling — and there it was. A dark figure, crouched, looking down at me with the patience of something that had nowhere else to…

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