On Sunday I wrote for a few hours
and then ate breakfast. My routine is to go to the gym afterward, but as I was
leaving the phone rang. A travel insurer asked me to see a guest in Anaheim, near Disneyland,
forty miles away.
That was good news; not only did I have a visit but I could skip the gym. I don’t mind long drives provided the freeways move smoothly which is the case on Sunday morning, and the insurer agreed to pay extra for the distance.
That was good news; not only did I have a visit but I could skip the gym. I don’t mind long drives provided the freeways move smoothly which is the case on Sunday morning, and the insurer agreed to pay extra for the distance.
Sure enough, the drive went
quickly. The patient was a five year-old with an itchy rash on his legs,
obviously atopic dermatitis. I informed the parents, explained how to care for
his skin, and handed over a tube of hydrocortisone cream from my bag. They were
pleased. I didn't hurry, but I doubt I spent ten minutes in the room. Sometimes
this is an easy job.