The Patient's Pulse

When we enter her room the woman shows no surprise she is long ago taken on that mixture of compliance and resignation that is the face of chronic illness. This was to be about another in an endless series of tests and examinations. As she stunned and stepped to the bedside while the rest stand apart watching. For a long time he gazes at the woman favoring no part of her body with his eyes but seeming to fix his glance at a place just above her supine form. I too study her and no physical sign nor obvious symptoms gives a clue to the nature of her disease. At last yes she dawned and straightened gently places the woman's hand upon the bed and steps back.