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Going With Guts
John B. Standridge, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(2):125.
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WHEN I first saw Mary, she was in a wheelchair being pushed by her elderly daughter. I was young and new to my rural family practice, but even a neophyte knew that this 99-year-old was going to be a challenge. She was from that moment my oldest patient. She had survived nearly a century without me; there was no way I was going to let her die now.
Mary was a hellion in her day, I was told. I never knew exactly what that meant, but from the gleam in her eye and the cackle in her laugh, I knew it must be true. It flavored my appreciation for her and we hit it off instantly.
Forget your biased image of a centenarian. Mary was plump and rosy of skin tone and personality. She was gutsy, sharp mentally, and possessed a keen wit. She laughed frequently and easily, and, of
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Author Affiliations
Kingsport, Tenn
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