{"id":4309,"date":"2019-01-06T22:55:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2023-02-26T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:21:26","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-one-hundred-and-twenty-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-one-hundred-and-twenty-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, all good things\u2014no matter how small\u2014come to an end. Often much too soon. And my bath is no exception.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well\u2026I suppose it wasn\u2019t so much a bath as it was a sit-and-soak. Not that I could help that. Even the smallest attempts to lather my body resulted in nothing but a butt-load of discomfort and pain that I just gave up trying altogether, even though I would love nothing more than to vigorously scrub every last trace of yesterday away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Water that felt incredible seemingly just a moment ago has now gone so cold that I\u2019ll probably end up catching pneumonia if I stay submerged in it any longer. Reluctantly, I prop myself up, emerging from the tub even slower than I got in, my movements measured and cautious. The last thing I want is to accidentally slip and add a major concussion to my long list of physical woes.<\/span><\/p>\n

I step out, feeling the water part from my skin like fudge, my body sluggish and heavy in the way you get after being in a pool for a while, only worse, and I find myself intentionally keeping my gaze off it the entire time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I reach for a single, over-sized robe nearby, foregoing the lush pile of towels next to it. I don\u2019t even have the energy to dry myself off. I slide into it, careful to not further irritate any sections of broken skin. But my caution is almost unnecessary because it literally feels like a blanket of clouds, unbelievably soft and warm, the kind of cozy you don\u2019t expect and can\u2019t ever get enough of.<\/span><\/p>\n

A most welcome distraction.<\/span><\/p>\nJoin us or log in to read more.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As usual, all good things\u2014no matter how small\u2014come to an end. Often much too soon. And my bath is no exception. Well\u2026I suppose it wasn\u2019t so much a bath as it was a sit-and-soak. Not that I could help that. Even the smallest attempts to lather my body resulted in nothing but a butt-load of discomfort and pain that I just gave up trying altogether, even though I would love nothing more than to vigorously scrub every last trace of yesterday away. Water that felt incredible seemingly just a moment… Magbasa pa<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"series":[99],"class_list":["post-4309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary-2","series-doctor-patient-confidentiality"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-1024x341.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-300x100.jpg","large":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-1024x341.jpg"},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}