Mary Lambert’s* glass was full to the brim with her newly discovered concoction, sweet tea mixed with raspberry juice. She devoured her chicken nuggets dipped in honey mustard, sitting next to her roommate as they got to know each other. The growling stomachs, rush to get food and loud conversations were the only commonalities between her life at Ridgeview Institute, an intensive care unit in Smyrna, GA, and her life at Decatur.
