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Another story he’ll never anesthesiologist in 1986 and
forget happened during his retired recently to North Carolina.
early years. “Truckloads of Daughter Barbara married Curtis
migrant workers were hauled Fish who works for City Bank
in to work the fields, and they here in Lubbock. He has four
usually lived in poor sanitary grandchildren, two great grands,
conditions. One woman and another on the way.
brought her child in so sick
and so dehydrated that he
was hospitalized for a week
true joy for me when I could help at Methodist. His prognosis
bring peace to a family.” wasn’t certain, but fortunately, he
did recover. The mother, who spoke
Dr. Holmes had a red drawer, and no English, looked at me and said,
each child was always permitted ‘You good doctor.’ That was worth a
to get a balloon out of it after his million bucks to me.”
checkup. One child of about six or
seven years old came in regularly for After Dr. Holmes left private
allergy shots, and one day his busy practice, he taught Clinical
mother let him come in by himself Pediatrics at the medical school for
for his shot. As he was leaving, he ten years and also headed up some
filled his pockets with balloons. The outpatient clinics in rural counties.
staff had a good laugh when they “It was a wonderful way for me to
discovered the empty drawer. wind down my career.”
Son Steve Holmes became an
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