RATHER quite late for Valentine’s but certainly not for this Season of Love and Sacrifice, we lifted this one from a post at a site we (pardon us dear blogger, please holler if you read this piece of yours here to be acknowledged) failed to mark.

So simply written, so greaty conveyed was the message. we thought we’d share you this one — maybe not consumer issue-related but just to ponder on as we go thru life. The blogger is some kind of doctor.

It was a busy morning, approximately 8.30am, when an elderly gentleman, in his 80’s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9am. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On examination, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redressed his wound. Read more