Mrs. Ancient didn't show up for an appointment last week. Mary had left a reminder message on her machine the day before, but she didn't come in. It happens, and so I moved on to my next patient and forgot about it.
Last evening we were having the usual home night. Doing homework, asking kids to brush their teeth for the 18th time, etc, when my cell phone rang.
Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy."
Mr. Policeman: "Hi, this is Officer Badge of the Grumpyville Police. Is Mrs. Ancient a patient of yours?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Uh, yeah, what's up?"
Mr. Policeman: "Well, we were notified today about uncollected mail. We entered her home tonight, and found her lying dead in her bed. It looks like she's been there a few weeks. There's a message on her answering machine from your office..."
Poor Mrs. Ancient.
This morning I told Mary about it.
Mary: "OMG! So you mean the whole time I was talking into her answering machine she was really lying there..."
Dr. Grumpy: "Uh-huh."
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