From Coma to Comeback: A Nurse's Journey of Recovery and Reinvention With Jenny White

In this episode, we sit down with Jenny retired RN, brain tumor surgery survivor, and author to talk about the book born out of her recovery. After waking from a coma in January 2024 and having to relearn how to walk, think, and talk again, Jenny turned to writing as part of her healing. What started as a recovery exercise became a medical thriller, shaped by her decades as a nurse and her firsthand experience as a patient fighting to reclaim her own mind and body.In this conversation, we talk about:- The story behind the book how it grew out of Jenny's recovery and the memories writing helped bring back- How her nursing career and her experience as a patient both shaped the medical details and emotional core of the story- The invisible challenges depression, word-finding difficulties, exhaustion she wrote through and around- What she wants readers to take away, especially anyone facing their own health crisis- Her move into children's books alongside medical thrillers, and what draws her to both- The will it took to finish the book, and what drives her to keep writing and give back