He prescribed antibiotics. Matt returned to school. A week later, nothing had changed. On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the Besiers took Matt to Dr. Myer. Dr. Myer looked at it, felt it, and the room slumped.
Doctors can sugarcoat things to most patients.
They can present the sunny side of the thunderstorm. But Jan was a nurse. Her husband, Jim, was a pharmacist. They harbored optimism but no illusions. Matt slumped so far down in his chair, he nearly fell out.