三个吸管握在手,每个不同的长度,决定。这是1990年9月。医院指挥官举行了他们,所以他们出现同样的长度。说明很简单:长有可能夺冠。不过,后果没有:分离从家庭、身体和情感上的困难,可能受伤,甚至死亡。我们有三个人,军队医生分配给坎贝尔堡医院肯塔基州。我们盯着吸管,明显的重量决定。我们中的一个会退后,画长草的人。我画它。我将保持我的两个同事部署了第101空中突击师到沙特阿拉伯支持沙漠盾牌行动很快变成沙漠风暴,第一次海湾战争。
我一动不动地坐着,长草在我的手。起初,有缓解。我不会离开我的妻子和三个小男孩可能进入险境。我看着我的合作伙伴。一个只有两个月的培训和新婚。他的眼睛是低垂的;肩膀下滑。其他的,像我一样,经历了,一个年轻的家庭。突然我的思绪回到了我的父亲。这是1965年的夏天,佐治亚州本宁堡。 He was packing his gear to deploy to Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division. It was the first major buildup of the war. He was happy; my mother was not. He was humming and whistling to himself, which only made my mother madder. I heard her say, “Why are you so happy? Don’t you know you could be killed and leave me with all these children?” I remember my father’s answer vividly. “Don’t you understand that this is what I have trained and prepared for my entire life?” Suddenly, I knew I had to go. I could not remain back. I, too, had prepared and trained for war starting at West Point. A decision was made. My new colleague stayed back.
几十年后,又要做出决定。冠状病毒出现,宣布大流行,未知,仍然未知。对我来说,这是一场战争,非常不同于我的第一个,但战争。这次的敌人是看不见的。有许多媒体的宣传途径。什么是真实的,不真实的?要做什么,不做什么?一本小说感染,悬而未决的问题,人都会死的,恐惧的良方。我记得那吸管和我父亲的话。我不能袖手旁观而其他人——医生、护士、医院工作人员——仍身处险境。 They are my friends, colleagues, co-workers, my band of brothers and sisters. I have served with them through the years doing what we do best, caring for others no matter the circumstances. I make a decision. I will go back to patient care after five years in hospital administration leadership. I cannot do. Otherwise, my father’s words echo in my mind.
安迪羊肉是一个内科医生。
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