RE: What would you do?

I went into the hospital on 9/21/09. I had had a stroke. An TIA or mini stroke. I am almost totally back to my old lovable self. While I was in the hospital for a few days(first time since lung surgery 10 yrs ago). I was in a semi private room with an eldery gentleman in the other bed. He had had a problem with his heart and he had pneumonia. This poor guy who was in his eighties was coughing something terrible.
One night before I left his son who was a little on the feeble side himself was there. In a short time about 7 PM a doctor came into the room and I thought I had recognized him but wasn't quite sure. He then introduced himself to the other patient. He was my new pulmonary Doctor who I only see once a year now. Immediatly I flashed back to my first pulmonary doc and how he had come in and said to me " You have Lung Cancer, Any questions?". This new guy says to the man and his son." The other day we drained fluid from your lung and it turns out you have lung cancer. I'll be back tomorrow with the type, location and what if any treatments you might want to have or not. The son said thanks and he left. The man said nothing and his son promtly got up and left. I was so livid I was thrashing in my bed. It's to bad my wife was with me or I don't know what I would have done or said. She took me by the hand and said calm down you need to calm down. Thank God for her. I did calm down and then called for a nurse and explained to her what had just gone on and she went and talked to the eldery man. She was so warm and kind to him. It at least gave me some hope in the knoweldge that there are still caring people in the medical field.
As part of my November obligations this year is to write two letters. One to the doctor and tell him how his matter of fact manner and calousness was so heart breaking. He will also be told of how to give some one news like that a seven o'clock in the evening had to be brutal for this patient. Two, iwant to send a letter to the hospital sayin how well I was cared for and the terrific job the nurses and this one in particular was so kind and did above and beyond the call of duty.
I just need to share this. I have been so mad inside ever since. I waited to know because everytime I think about it my blood pressure rises and that's not good. Off to work and later I will write these letters. God bless us all even that doctor who needs it more than the rest of us right now. John