Something in an article in today's New York Times caught our eyes and caused concern. Bells, whistles, sirens went off. Here is the paragraph in question.pa·tient
/ˈpeɪ ʃənt/noun
1.a person who is under medical care or treatment.2.a person or thing that undergoes some action.
Speaking to a meeting of a foreign policy advisory board from her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Thursday, Mrs. Clinton said she was crossing her fingers and encouraging her doctors to let her return next week. “I’m trying to be a compliant patient,” she said, according to a person who was in the room. “But that does require a certain level of patience, which I’ve had to cultivate over the last three and a half weeks.”Um ... right, Mme. Secretary. It does require a certain level of patience. That is why you are a patient - yet. Please, please, please ... defer to the opinions of your expert medical team. Do not try to encourage them. Listen to them. Nothing is so urgent and important as your own well-being right now. We all know of your considerable persuasive powers. At the moment, rather than persuading your doctors of your ability to carry off these last weeks in the style you had planned, we beg you to attend to their advice and move forward only as they recommend.
You are Secretary of State, and we well know your responsibilities. We have followed you from your days as FLOTUS and NY Senator. But right now, dear heart, you are a patient. We know you don't like that, but that is the case.
Please listen to your doctors and to all who love you for you - not for what you can do for them. Rest, dear Hillary. Recover. Your service speaks for you. You will be back to do everything you want to when your doctors say it is safe.
We want to see you again. That is the most important thing. So please, take your time. We will be there when you come back with that dazzling smile!
Readers, here is the link to the full New York Times piece from today.
