While I’m in the medical field and have done a fair amount of rock climbing, I’m not a nurse or a trauma physician and I’m not a rock-climbing expert by any means. So thank you, Jessica Payne, for reading an early draft and being the first to tell me nurses aren’t supposed to do stitches （oops） and for cleaning up the climbing scenes. As a fellow author, you also gave me an early confidence boost that maybe this book didn’t completely suck. I’m sorry I’m too scared to read your thrillers （but everyone else should!）。
Thanks to Scott Mackey, ER physician extraordinaire, for answering all my questions about intubation, trauma bays, and what injuries I could swing without being completely outside the realm of possibility. Yes, I named the surgeon after you. J.K. Feisal, I probably threw a couple of questions at you, too, so thank you for that and for being so supportive of my books （I’m still a little salty you didn’t stay after fellowship, though）。 Nicole Carroll, best neighbor, mom friend, and ortho PA, thanks for reading an early draft and helping me with the logistics of everything a broken leg entails. Your IPA （ew） is on me next time we’re out.
As always, thank you to my author friends who I couldn’t do this without, because we all need someone who understands this process and can vent/celebrate/trudge through it with us. Especially Denise Williams, I’ll always remember when you said this one was your favorite yet. Thank you to the readers out there who tell a friend when they love a book—I hope you never stop. Thank you to all the #bookstagrammers, bloggers, and reviewers who help share and promote my books, I’ll never be able to describe how important that part is for my survival as an author. I hope the books I write keep bringing you laughs, tears, and most of all, joy.