Having a DR before your name merely enables you to be wrong with authority. That is an important part of today’s post. Also, we start with the back story. Two summers ago, Jake was eight years old at the time, I took a trip to Key West with some very close friends. The “purpose” was to attend Hemingway Days and run in the Hemingway 5K. Truth told, we went to party like rock stars.
One of the very close friends is a, DR. The first night, running on the tile around the pool, I fell and broke my shoulder. It instantly turned ugly! I called the DR over and said, “Look what happened when I fell, what should I do?" My very close DR friend glanced at it and replied, “If I were you, I would find a DR that's not on vacation.”
Of course the story has been told many times over the last two years and Jake is more than familiar with it. It is the kind of one liner that sticks with you.
Recently, on a trip to the farm, we played with every toy you get when you have a farm. Motorcycles, four wheelers, taking the tracker for a spin with no particular reason. During all of the fun, Jake hurt his leg and was laying on the ground trying to hold bar the tears. My very close DR friend said to a now 10 year old Jake, “Can I take a look at it?” Without missing a beat, Jake answered, “No, I need a doctor that is not on vacation.”
Touché very close friend DR. Jake knows, and remembers all.
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