This afternoon, I took my mom to Chen
To make sure if my mom can do without surgery on her knees and to seek for medical advice on strengthening her knees, I finally decided to take her to see Dr. Tsuei (崔祐荃醫師), who I taught more than 20 years ago at Chieh Shou Junior High School. We've not seen each other for around 20 years. When I stepped into the outpatient room, I called his name. As before, he looked calm, but I knew he was surprised. At that moment, my memory took me back to the days when I taught his class English. Yo-chuan was smart and worked hard. He was big and moved like a bear. Along with his classmates, he often came to my office and had a chat with me.
After around twenty years, Yo-chuan is now an orthopedic doctor, specializing in bones. Based on my observation, besides being professional, he is patient, caring, and kind. He is generous with his time, which I believe is a very important quality of a good doctor. After we already took up a lot of his time, he still spent a few minutes teaching my mom three simple exercises to strengthen her knees.
Before leaving, I reminded him to remember to drink water and take good care of himself. A teacher is always concerned about his/her students, no matter how old they are.
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