Dickey, a family practitioner, joined fellow family practitioners and hunting buddies Drs. Dwayne Miller and David Long on the staff of the De Leon Clinic Association. The clinic is attached to the De Leon Hospital, providing all three doctors easy access to their patients and emergency facilities. That's why I like it so much. One minute I'm treating a cut finger, the next I'm assisting in surgery.
Nothing is ever the same.
You walk into a room and it is always something different. It's a wonderful job. But variety in his practice is not the only thing Howard enjoys about rural medicine. The family bought some land just outside of town that has its attractions, too, especially for Howard, the hunter. And I can be up in my deer stand and get an emergency call and be at the ER in five minutes.