Page 39 - Senior Link Magazine Winter 2018- Online Magazine
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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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