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Author and Illustrator Information: Michael J. Green, MD, MS, is a Professor of Medicine and Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine, where he cares for patients, teaches medical students, and conducts research on informed medical decision making. He is a founding organizer of several international conferences on Comics and Medicine (www.graphicmedicine.org/comics-and-medicine-conferences) and is a member of the editorial collective of a forthcoming book series on graphic medicine from Penn State University Press. He teaches a course on comics and medicine to fourth-year medical students (whose comics can be viewed online at www2.med.psu.edu/humanities/for-medical-students/research-opportunities/graphic-storytelling-medical-narratives). The author wishes to acknowledge the physicians Writers Group at Penn State Hershey who provided support and critical feedback on the story that inspired this comic. Ray Rieck is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer with over 14 years of experience creating comics, storyboards, print and product design, children's activity books, and curricula. He teaches at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and can be found online at www.rayrieck.com.