Word: nesmith
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...matter of trust becomes especially vital for patients such as Christy deMeurers, unlucky enough to find themselves traveling the netherworld of extreme illness, where hope and trust may be all a doctor has to offer. When they're missing, "you feel just strangled," says Christy's mother, Joyce Nesmith, who lives in Oregon. "It's a secret-society type of thing. What you don't know, they don't want you to know...
...used in bone-marrow therapy. In the deMeurerses' eyes, however, it was a deeply troubling encounter. Dr. McMillan declined even to describe what was involved in a bone-marrow transplant or give the family a tour of the Scripps facilities, according to Alan deMeurers and Christy's mother, Joyce Nesmith. "I believe he was told to send us away, make it as discouraging as possible," Alan says. He found the doctor's reluctance to provide even basic information "just unbelievable...
...week later, Christy, accompanied by her mother, returned to Dr. Gupta, whom they still viewed as a beacon of warmth. "There's lots of hope, lots of things to do," Nesmith recalls his saying. Christy, dissatisfied with her reception at Scripps and reluctant to undergo months of treatment away from home, wanted a referral for a second local evaluation, this time at UCLA. Dr. Gupta agreed to make such a recommendation in writing, says Nesmith. He told Christy and her mother to go somewhere for lunch and then come back; the letter would be ready...
They returned to find a very different man. Suddenly, Nesmith recalls, "we were like a piece of rock. There was a total 180¡ turn." Dr. Gupta, his demeanor gone cold, now said he was not qualified to make recommendations for a transplant...