An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

her tablet.

She was a small woman of forty-five with sharp eyes, and she tapped the screen twice with her thumb before she touched my lower back.

“This bruising is fresh, but there is a lot of deep swelling near the lumbar region,” Dr. Patel said.

She pressed her fingers gently against the skin near my hip, her touch clinical and precise.

I flinched, my continue reading …