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A doctor
who cared
To the Editor:
It’s the ’90s. People are constantly on the go. No one has time to listen or care what’s going on. Being a mother of four young children and working outside the home, I understand all this and experience it firsthand every day.
And yet, every now and then, someone completely surprises me. Specifically, I want to tell you about a frantic night I spent with my eightmonth-old infant just last week. These things always happen at night, after offices and pharmacies have closed, and all you ever get are those infuriating answering machines.
My child’s temperature skyrocketed to 106 degrees (I think she was trying to set a Guiness world record). I contacted her doctor’s answering service and within minutes he called back. I briefly told him the problem and he said, “I’ll be right over.” I couldn’t believe my ears! Was I hearing right? Maybe my temperature was up and I was hallucinating.
Ten or fifteen minutes passed and sure enough—a knock at the front door. He came in and examined Katie. Acute tonsillitis and a possible ear infection. She needed a special antibiotic and medicine for the high fever.
Now this all happened between 11 p.m. and midnight. I also live 14 miles from the nearest pharmacy. This doctor went all the way to Culpeper that night to get us what we needed.
The next morning found us at Culpeper Hospital for blood work, and at the doctor’s for a follow-up. As I related to other people what had happened the night before, I learned that thip doctor had done similar things for many other children as well. Everyone had a story to tell about what he had done for their own, or a friend’s child, in equally frightening circumstances.
I just can’t let this pass without expressing my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Walter B. Kilby. He certainly went beyond what I would have expected and demonstrated that even in the ’90s there are still physicians who truly care about their patients, and take the time to show it.
KAREN VON FANGE
.Woodville
Is it just
alarmism?
To the Editor:
With Earth Day just around the comer, fairness demands that equal time be given to those who disagree with the dubious science and misleading statistics used by environmentalists who claim the Earth is in
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