{"id":12671,"date":"2024-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:42:51","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-two-hundred-and-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-two-hundred-and-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter Two Hundred and Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

The familiar scent of incense and old wood envelops me as I slide into the pew beside Gran. Despite my protests, she insisted on attending the after-Christmas Mass since being in the hospital \u201crobbed\u201d her of coming on Christmas Eve. I couldn’t let her come alone, not so soon after her discharge.<\/span><\/p>\n

I shift uncomfortably on the hard wooden seat, acutely aware of my surroundings. The congregation is probably only a fraction of what it was on Christmas, but that doesn\u2019t help nearly as much as I\u2019d hoped it would. It’s been years since I’ve stepped foot in a church, not since my parents’ deaths. The thought flits through my mind that I might burst into flames at any moment, divine retribution for the objectively sinful weekend I spent with the devil. But nothing happens. No lightning strikes, no spontaneous combustion. Just the quiet murmur of the congregation and the soft glow of candlelight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gran seems oblivious to my discomfort, her eyes closed in silent prayer. Her lips move silently, and I wonder what she’s asking for. What comfort she’s seeking in ancient rituals after yesterday’s emotional revelations.<\/span><\/p>\n

My mind wanders as the priest begins the opening prayers. I pretty much dropped religion after I lost my parents. It wasn\u2019t enough that the only request I ever made went ignored.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please make mom better.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Three weeks after she was in the ground, my father\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to block out the memory of the gunshot, the awful silence that followed. <\/span><\/p>\nJoin us or log in to read more.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The familiar scent of incense and old wood envelops me as I slide into the pew beside Gran. Despite my protests, she insisted on attending the after-Christmas Mass since being in the hospital \u201crobbed\u201d her of coming on Christmas Eve. I couldn’t let her come alone, not so soon after her discharge. I shift uncomfortably on the hard wooden seat, acutely aware of my surroundings. The congregation is probably only a fraction of what it was on Christmas, but that doesn\u2019t help nearly as much as I\u2019d hoped it would…. \u9605\u8bfb\u66f4\u591a<\/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-12671","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\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=12671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}