Melissa Seely-Morgan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“Dick Woodcock” by Melissa Seely-Morgan

Submitted to Contest #183

Dick WoodcockRichard Woodcock, best known as "Dick", was an HIV+, Hep C+, IV drug abusing “frequent flier”. If you’ve worked the ED, you’ll recognize the term, but for those who haven’t, it’s a patient who’s a “habitual utilizer of emergency services”. I met Mr. Woodcock late one winter Saturday night when he was in “severe need of a belly tap” and “could barely breathe.” All the key phrases emergency docs use to convey this patient could in no way wait until Monday, no not even until the next morning.” This indeed was an urgent call. So, of...

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“The Pooch in the Baby Carriage ” by Melissa Seely-Morgan

Submitted to Contest #181

  A site to behold! Quickly coming towards me a few weeks ago was a little white-haired lady, maybe 5 feet 2, looking to be out getting her morning exercise.  In front of her she guided a shiny silver and black baby carriage where a little, also white haired, pooch lay comfortably. As they passed, a curt good morning was breathed out by the carriage pusher. With them now off in the distance I wondered about the scene I had just witnessed.     No brain surgeon was needed to figure out how this...

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