Too good to pass up: I have a 90 year-old patient I've been taking care of over the past few days. He has a terrible hand infection that requires frequent trips to the OR for clean-up and dressing changes. He's alert and snappy if not slightly forgetful.
In the OR on Saturday morning as he settled onto the OR table he looks at me and asks, "You ever drink on the job?" "No" I responded, a bit surprised and wondering why he would ask. His response to my answer in the negative? "You haven't lived."
At ninety, he should know.
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