Mr. R wheeled Mr. J into the exam room 90 minutes late. Since patients often wait an hour or more to see us here in the county clinics, it was not an issue for me. But there was an air about Mr. R that let me know I was in for a special encounter.
low hanging fruit
where we would be
if he was my father
Mr. Navarro is 79 years old and shakes my hand with his left because rheumatoid arthritis has twisted the right like a pretzel. But even with the left, the shake is not the firm palm-to-palm fingers wrapped around my hand kind of shake.