The Odd Doctor

I have a very good doctor. He knows many other doctors who are specialists. Often he sends me to see them. For example, I call on the telephone for an appointment, and the nurse answers the phone.
“May I have an appointment with the doctor?” I ask.
“When do you want to come?” she asks.
“As soon as possible.” I say.
“This afternoon?” she asks.
I look at the clock. It is a long time to wait.
“Well, all right,” I say. “What time?”
“At two o’clock,” she answers.
“That’s fine,” I say. “Thank you.”
Then I go to see the doctor’s office. I plan carefully to be there on time.
“Doctor,” I say, “I have an earache. It hurts terribly all night.”
The doctor takes an instrument and looks into my ear with a little light.
Then, he sits back in the chair and says, “Yes, I see. You must go to see Dr. White. He is an ear specialist.
The next time I say, “Doctor, my foot is very sore. It hurts when I walk on it. Sometimes the pain is very severe.”
The doctor walks up and down the room.
At last he says, “You must go to see the Dr. Brown. He is a very good foot doctor.”
Another time I call on the telephone. “Something is wrong with my eye. It hurts and it is almost shut. I can’t imagine what is wrong with it.”
My doctor doesn’t say anything for a minute.
Then he says, “I am going to send you to see Dr. Black. He is a very fine eye doctor.”
Many times in cold weather, I have a very sore throat. Then, my doctor sends me to see Dr. Green. He is a famous throat doctor.
Sometimes I think my doctor is strange. He never seems to do much for me. He always sends me to someone else.
There are certain times when not just one part, but my whole body, aches, pain, or hurts. On these days, I do not call my doctor. I do not go to walk with him. In fact, I do not even let him know I am sick.
“What’s the matter with you today? He might ask if I went to see him.
“Oh, doctor, I feel terrible all over, not just one part of me,” I would say.
“I just feel terrible.”
“Well, then,” he might say, “You must go to see Dr. T. He is a terrible doctor!”