Category: From the Heart

Patient came in today, gentleman, late 60′s, just diagnosed with terminal cancer and “given 2-3 months to live”. A month ago, a vibrant, dapper, spry, youthful man, and now, well, it was painful to watch him shuffle in supported by his son, bent over, with little energy to even lift his head.    He came to say thank you,  to introduce us to his son, and to say goodbye.  With little time left, he wanted to come by and give Dani and I a few of his precious minutes. It is so humbling, so moving, and such a privilege to be part of his life.  As you can imagine, we all had a good cry in the waiting room, had a tearful goodbye with some optimistic words about seeing each other soon, not really believing it.  And then we moved on, to a crowded and very busy day, but,  as Dani and I looked at each other across the room, we both could see the loss in each others eyes, and the determination to keep going and stay on the path, not always curing, but hopefully providing some healing whenever possible.