thumb pain healed

 We sat outside the Emergency Room waiting for hours before the call finally came. We grabbed the gurney and went inside. As we approached the nurse’s station, a respiratory therapist held out his thumb to the ER doctor, “Hey doc, can you have a look at my thumb? It hurts like crazy.” I felt like I was walking onto a stage; the director having rehearsed the script with the actors, it was time for the…