When I arrived at the hotel, a father
explained that his daughter was under treatment for leukemia. They were
visiting relatives when, a few hours before, she had refused to speak.
Except that she was bald from
chemotherapy, the daughter looked fine. She was sitting up in bed, arms folded,
looking glum. When her parents appealed to her to talk to me, she obviously
heard but merely shook her head and remained silent. She did not resist when I
examined her, and nothing abnormal turned up. I was faced with a sullen
teenager who didn’t appear sick.
This was another occasion when, for
no obvious reason, things didn’t seem right. I told the parents she needed to
go to an emergency room. They obeyed, and the daughter died soon after being
admitted.
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