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3catwoman3

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12. Were you tempted to cancel the interview? I would have been.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:00 PM
Tuesday

I vividly recall a time when I really wished I could have just turned around and walked out of an exam room.

I'd picked up a chart from the box outside the door. Patient was a 15 yr old boy with a history of asthma and he was having a flare of symptoms.

I got about as far as saying hello, and introducing myself. The mother, who had a real sourpuss expression on her faced, sternly announced, "He won't use an inhaler, and he won't take any nasal sprays."

After pausing to consider an appropriate reply, I said, "That's not going to leave me much to offer you, is it?" My brain was saying, "Then why the hell are you here?"

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