The Resident's Boots

The resident who told Enrique that his cancer had returned was wearing knee-high leather boots, with her pager clipped to the top of them.

She received and responded to a few texts during our appointment.

She also had a nervous smile that she couldn't get rid of. It's the kind that you get when you're absolutely not supposed to be smiling, but you can't help it.

She tried to look extra-concerned at the same time -- to make up for it -- and sort of turned down the edges of her smile.

That happens to me sometimes, so I could sympathize.

Here is something I don't understand: all of the doctors we see wear white coats and lots of them are really filthy, including both of these doctors.