My Town

3 calls today. All typical for this town. Day started off with the priority at the nursing home -- a pass from the commercial service for the extremity bleed -- but it turned out to be a transfer evaluation for hematuria on a stable nonverbal demented patient. The next call was at the insurance company for the employee with chest pain/anxiety. The last call was a diabetic with a blood sugar of less than 20, who ate breakfast at five in the morning, but was so caught up in making arrangements for her brother's funeral that she neglected to eat. We got the call at 4:30.

Nursing home calls, anxiety at the insurance company, and diabetics. That's my town.