No Shoes

Article and photography by Peter Hemenway

Cardioversion is a medical procedure that restores a normal heart rhythm in people with certain types of abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias).

I went into the hospital with shoes on.

Discharged with no shoes to be found. I was given some socks and wheel chaired out of the hospital. A text was sent from the hospital saying the Uber car I wanted would be available in about an hour.