#33: ThenThey Came For Him

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The nurse who normally helped this doctor had called in sick. Deborah Scurf was filling in. She had been a nurse longer than this young snot had been alive. She’d been a combat medic in Viet Nam and then later she’d gone to work for the Army as a civilian at Sam Snead. She knew BS when she smelled it and this guy was so full of it that his eyes were brown. Over the years she’d become a good judge of character. This doctor didn’t have any. He was much too narrow between the eyes as her father used to say back on the ranch in Texas. She had a bad feeling about this.

Shelby...poor old Shelby. The poor, poor man. Poor Shelby must have gone through hell. He might still be in hell. Who knew?

Why was this new Doctor so nervous that he had to keep JawJacking? He chattered like a chipmunk and repeated everything endlessly.

“Are those straps secure nurse?“ Brad asked her for about the tenth time. “For his own safety of course...’

Of course it was for his safety Deborah thought...of course. She had a bad feeling about this. Really bad.

“Doctor. Are you sure that....” she began to say

“Nothing to worry about Nurse. Everything will be perfectly fine...Now Shelby this won’t hurt a bit. Let’s see that vein. All right..that’s a good man....” The Doctor injected the drug...

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The Next Episode is
#34: The Injection…
The Previous Episode was
#32:Took A Patient Away
the First episode was
#1 : Prologue

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