First Words
…thoughts of an anachronistic, solo pediatrician
by Glenn Feole, M.D.
"Be careful too that the reading of your story makes the melancholy
laugh and the merry laugh louder," Cervantes, Prologue to Don Quixote
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September 18, 2014 Thursday
Anecdote:
"Do you take your flouride every day?" I asked Will dubiously.
Will had a mind of his own and I wondered what he would say.
He nodded earnestly and then felt the need to explain this admirable activity that filled him with pride.
"Yes, Dr. Feole. I take one pill every morning."
I was about to congratulate him when he continued,
"And I throw it in the toilet.
Westport, Connecticut 1990's
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