But Did You Die? – Jax's Bumper Sticker | St. Jude's Medical Series

Is it a philosophical inquiry, or a standard of care?

Preston York asked that question the first time he saw this sticker, smoking on the porch railing of the York Estate in a prep school blazer and squinting at the back of a very muddy Jeep parked beside a Bentley. Jax's answer: it's a liability waiver. It keeps the passengers from complaining about the suspension.

(Maxwell York, gripping the handle in the passenger seat, would like it noted that the suspension is assault.)

For the rest of us, it's the motto of St. Jude's most reckless, most heroic, most allergic-to-protocol trauma surgeon. Stubbed your toe? Survived a Monday? Made it through a family dinner with Catherine York? But did you die?

And if you've read Bedside Manner, you already know this sticker shows up again at a moment when the question stops being funny. Maxwell knows. Maxwell remembers exactly where he was standing.

Slap it on your car, your water bottle, your laptop, or your locker in the staff room. Perimeter secure.

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