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![]() Elissa ElyBoston Globe |
When the brothers stroll down the hall to chat before exams at this optometrist’s office, no one is surprised. The personal is part of the treatment.
It was a comfort to watch the owl calmly watching us. Then one day he was gone.
My mother is gone. How does one speak to a listener who can no longer hear?
With this question, we were companions; it was a door she opened for the two of us to walk through together.
The visual and physical exam is no longer valued as the great diagnostic tool.