Not My Patient
After passing my veterinary licensing exam, I posted the news online to celebrate.
My elderly neighbor, Gloria Vance, immediately fired off a string of messages.
[Miles, my grandson's sick. Could you treat him?]
[I'm really worried about the boy. He's had a fever for days now.]
I slowly typed out a single: [?]
Another message came through. [We're neighbors, after all. Just show a little compassion and save the child.]
Trying to be kind, I wrote back, [Mrs. Vance, if your grandson's sick, you need to get him to a hospital right away. I can't treat him.]
To my surprise, she fired back a voice message.
"Aren't you studying medicine? What's the harm in taking a look at my grandson? How c