* * Anonymous Doc: The Physical Therapist Is A Fictional
Character  Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Physical Therapist Is A
Fictional Character  A family asks to talk to a doctor.  I'm
just a consultant on the patient, but I'm there, so I'm the one
they get.  "Doc, we're frustrated because he's been here a week
and still hasn't seen physical therapy."  "I do see that the
order was put in five days ago.  I can put in a call to physical
therapy and see why they haven't come yet, but I'm not sure what
else I can do about that."  "That's not an answer."  "No, it's
not, but let me give them a call and see if I can get them to
come sooner than they might otherwise."  "It's been a week."  "I
understand."  "Is there actually physical therapy, or is it just
a lie you tell people, so we stop asking about it?"  "There is
actually physical therapy.  I've met some of the physical
therapists.  They are actual people."  "Hard to believe that."
"I understand that you're frustrated."  "When we asked the
nurse, she said she'd neve