Requiem for a Clinical Trial Participant
Jake Seliger is dead, long live the family and data he left behind
“I'll call the Director at the ER…just one minute.”
This was Bess Stillman, M.D., the widow of Jake Seliger, as she casually saved my daughter’s life. Bess is a dear friend, and my child had fallen 6 feet, head down onto the concrete, as would later become clear. She had a skull fracture, and it turns out in the emergency room, she was not attached to a level one trauma center. Dr. Stillman saved my daughter’s life, and she’s doing great now, thanks to the excellent decision-making of Bess,
, and basically everyone but me, who was pretty useless other than calling Bess in this situation.Bess and Jake moved to Arizona; you may know him from his writing. You may know her from her writing also:
.Before I go too far, this whole thing is an excuse to tell you about the GoFundMe for Bess and her soon-to-be-child. Donate now.
Jake entered hospice and died last week. Before beginning head and neck cancer treatment, he chose to save some of his genetic material. Bess is seven months preg…