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, v/ |% }* W1 @5 bIt was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.1 d6 J0 n: }& A/ z/ k
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$ l' d2 m! ~2 C0 K/ VI took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him.7 o# C2 E- |$ q; ^4 W) j- ^
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I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.厦门越野联盟( g' u n' \# \2 | J( f& S8 D
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On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.
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The man told me no but he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
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( r7 P/ i# x3 j7 z7 EI inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.
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As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.
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5 c: @ ^7 [' F/ }1 A6 L, AHe replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.& X: V" P4 Y: ~# I9 M' S
: i" L$ L/ F+ i, Q3 n; W6 B# }厦门越野联盟I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?
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He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is".
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I had to hold back tears as he left; I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life".
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$ A1 f7 U% g/ V) qwww.xmjeep.comTrue love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.厦门越野联盟) ^* A9 D7 n8 ]% f% r
& g/ g& P! a1 w& G4 W, l+ \The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
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