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Jonas, Isaac

 
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Sinopsis

On July 26th, my wife drove herself to the hospital. On August 2nd, our second son was born at 29 weeks, weighing 2 pounds 12 ounces.

For 43 days in the NICU, I learned that planning fails, money matters, and only eight people show up when it counts.

Every Day Counts is what I wrote in the parking lot after the drive home.

This is not a medical book. It's a story for any parent who has waited for a monitor to beep, for anyone who has checked their phone to see who would actually come.

An economist by training, I thought I understood risk. Then I spent six weeks watching my son fight to breathe, watching my wife recover from surgery, and watching a small community of nurses, volunteers, and friends do unpaid work that no model can explain.

You will learn:

- What 43 days in a Canadian NICU really costs and what I wish I knew about coverage before we needed it

- Why most financial plans break in week one - and what actually helps

- How to tell who is really in your corner when you have nothing to offer back

- Why the most valuable work in a hospital is done by people who aren't paid for it

A story for parents, for friends who want to show up better, and for anyone who has had a plan break.

From Abbotsford, BC - written for the man in the chair at four in the afternoon who was just told his wife is being transferred and has a small boy holding his hand and nobody to call. I've been that man.

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Acerca del autor

Ronald Maeresera, CPA, CMA, is a professional colleague and friend of the author, and one of the eight friends at the heart of this book. A finance professional with over fifteen years of experience including more than a decade as Senior Corporate Analyst with the City of Guelph, Ontario. He holds a Master's in Public Administration and a Bachelor's in Economics. He and Isaac speak regularly. When the summer this book describes turned the family's life upside down, Ronald was one of the first people Isaac called, and one of the few who never stopped showing up.

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