8、It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 a.m., when an elderly gentleman in his 80s, arrived to have stitches (缝合的线)  31  from his thumb. He  32  that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a  33 , knowing it would be over an hour  34  someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and  35 , since I was not busy with another  36 , I would evaluate his wound.

On  37 , it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed  38  to remove his stitches and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, we began to  39  in conversation. I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning,  40  he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me  41 , that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.

I then inquired as to her  42 . He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a(n)  43  of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be  44  if he was a bit late. He replied that she  45  knew who he was, that she had not  46  him for five years now.

I was  47 , and asked him, “And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?”

He  48  as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn't know me, but I  49  know who she is.”

I had to  50  my tears as he left and thought that is the kind of love I want in my life.