The Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu
Chapter OneWelcome to the Cold Wars
There are three things that I know about Katherine Davis. She is the author of twenty-two romance novels, stands six feet tall in her stockinged feet, and she never, ever calls me unless something is seriously wrong.
I first met Katherine when her husband was hit by a minivan. As he was brought to the emergency room, his lung collapsed and I was called for a consultation. While we were working on Nate, his heart stopped briefly and we had to scramble to get his cardiac system working again. The next time Katherine called, her furnace had had a puff back and she and her family had inhaled oily, black soot. So when she called me again at home late on a rainy spring night, I imagined the worst.
"Neil, I can't believe what happened!" she began anxiously.
I peppered her with questions: "Is Nate all right? Is he short of breath? Is he in pain?"
"No! No!" she exclaimed. "It's this awful cold! You doctors can bring people back from the dead. Isn't there anything that you can do for this miserable stuffed nose and s ... read full excerpt from The Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu ebook
