The Doctor Makes A Visit - And Does Pattie Need A Shrink?

Sunday Afternoon...

Eric makes a visit.

Dr. Hostin had called Pattie earlier in the week and had expressed an interest in seeing her. Mind you, his office is in Plano and the rehab hospital is downtown, Dallas so it is not an easy task for a super busy doctor. Yet he has been out to see Pattie before, so we knew he is committed to her care.

But he didn't come. Instead Eric came. One of the Dr. Hostins' physician assistants. And he stayed an hour and a half.

How cool is that? For your doctor and his team to spend that much time on a Sunday afternoon getting updated on their patient's progress....

Amazing.

While he was there, Pattie told him of a visit she had earlier with the staff psychiatrist; Dr. Warren.

It seems that one of the therapists had a notion that Pattie was not being totally cooperative with her therapy and maybe an emotional reason was at issue, so she sent the shrink to find out "what's wrong".

Well.... it seems the therapist had called for a group outing. In order for all the patients to learn how to operate a wheel-chair, the group would take a small trip outside the hospital and deal with the day to day experiences of being in a wheel-chair.

Pattie didn't think so.

Because Pattie does not plan on remaining in that chair - because she does not intend to use that chair for much longer, she knew it would be a waste of time to venture out into triple digit heat and spend time in that fashion.

And because the therapist herself is wheel-chair bound, Pattie did not find the words she needed to explain why she objected to this idea.

So when Dr. Warren went in to see what was up, Pattie explained her thinking. Dr. Warren agreed - Pattie had made a good decision.