Cancer Stories: The Art Of Oncology
Warm Companion
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:23:34
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"Warm Companion," by Meaghann Weaver: a palliative care doctor shares her story of a gun-shy dog and a daring rescue. TRANSCRIPT Narrator: 'Warm Companion' by Meaghann S. Weaver, MD, MPH, Ph.D. We were introduced at the front desk of a small town diner. By the time we reached the parking lot, we had committed to cohabitation. I pulled over to a small town’s sole restaurant. Standing at the long counter, I waited for a carry-out dinner for the long drive home from a rural hospice visit. As a closing weekend in hunting season, I was the only one in scrubs and a mask in a diner filled with camouflage and deer antler de´ cor. The guy next to me was loudly complaining to his hunting buddy how his new puppy was gun shy and let the birds go. “Good for nothing.” I mumbled that as a pediatrician familiar with gun violence and firearm accidents, I’m also gun shy. He pointed to his truck and jokingly suggested, “Welp, maybe you’d be a better pal for that whelp.” One look at those puppy eyes from the cargo bed, and I e