Whistler
The article recounts a personal experience involving the author's father, Neil Zabriskie, and his interactions with Jonathan Fuller, a compassionate doctor. Jonathan provided support during a difficult time, sharing insights about metastatic melanoma and offering comfort to the author. The narrative also touches on a walk through Central Park and a reunion with family, highlighting themes of kindness and connection.
- ▪Neil Zabriskie, the author's father, was dying of metastatic melanoma.
- ▪Jonathan Fuller, a doctor, offered support and insights about the disease to the author.
- ▪The author reflects on a walk with Jonathan through Central Park and the importance of his kindness.
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My father, one Neil Zabriskie, called Buddy, was the reason I’d met Jonathan in the first place, as my father was dying of metastatic melanoma in the hospital in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where Jonathan worked. Jonathan liked to drop in on patients, ask how things were going. He came back later to check on Buddy, to see if he was happy with the care he was receiving. He came back later still to bring me a cup of coffee while Buddy was sleeping, his intentions on his sleeve. That old guys love me has been established, but also true was the fact that Jonathan’s wife, the much beloved first Mrs. Fuller, had died of metastatic melanoma five years before.
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