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As the first drops of freshly cleaned blood reenter my veins, I am tugged into a vivid out-of-body experience. It’s as if I’m floating above the room: I see myself lying on a hospital bed, an IV plugged into each arm. I’m chatting with my nurse—a modelesque former fashion publicist who saw the light and switched to a career in health care—as she adjusts my blood-pressure cuff and supervises the process. Inuspheresis—colloquially known as blood washing—is the newest therapy…
