Conaway: Five breathless days, one doctor, one nurse — a cautionary tale
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
“You have pneumonia,” he said, “double viral pneumonia.”
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