How Many Coughs is Enough For One Day (standard:humor, 905 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 03 2023	Views/Reads: 280/141	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
As I get older, I realize that there are times when I do need to see a doctor. Even Jesus believed that.

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My appointment was at 10:15, and I arrived just before 10:00. I like to
be early. I was lucky, and I got to see my doctor at 11:10. This is why 
doctors call us patients. We have to have patience to see the doctor. 

Finally, the doctor was ready for me. First, I had to see his nurse to
get the information for the medical evaluation. She took my 
temperature, my blood pressure, and all the rest. 

Thirty minutes after she was finished, the doctor finally came. At that
time, I was thinking of slipping out and go home and tell the wife the 
doctor said I was fine. As I was finishing this thought, guess who 
walked in? 

I greeted him with a series of coughs. 

"Not doing well," the doctor asked. 

"That's why I'm here, Doc." 

He looked through the nurse's information and then checked my lungs. 

After checking the statics and asking me questions, he finally
concluded. 

Looking at me, he said, "You have acute bronchitis." 

I glared back at the doctor and said, "Doc, this bronchitis is not cute
to any degree." 

I then coughed in his direction three times. 

After the doctor's visit, the worst part of the day, I had to return to
the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and tell her what the doctor 
said was wrong with me and that she was right. She said I had 
bronchitis. 

Looking at my watch, I saw I had enough time to stop and get some
personal medication, an Apple Fritter. What she doesn't know gets me in 
no trouble. 

While recovering from my sickness, I read something interesting in the
Bible. "But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be 
whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (Matthew 9:12). 

As I get older, I realize that there are times when I do need to see a
doctor. Even Jesus believed that.


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