Senior Citizen

By Peter Hahn

Everyone knows that Mr. Braddock is feeble.

Everyone knows that Mr. Braddock is confused.

Everyone knows that Mr. Braddock has always been an upstanding, law-abiding, member of the community.

And everyone is wrong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Hahn
• Release date: Mar 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005720834

Peter Hahn

Dr. Peter Hahn Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. His research focuses on cancer biology. He also teaches radiation/cancer biology to radiation oncology resident doctors and radiation oncology technologists. For many years has was involved in the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Prostate and Breast Cancer research grant proposal review panels. His complete CV can be found at the book website http://thescienceofprostatecancer.com/

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Senior Citizen

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Copyright 2017 by Peter Hahn

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I waited for winter to come. Waited for it to snow. Waited for dark. Then I waited until no one was watching.

I slipped outside. I took off all my clothes. I rolled in the snow. I rubbed handfuls of snow all over myself. Then I walked in front of the window by the nurses’ station.

The nurses came running outside. Oh, my God, Mr. Braddock, let’s get you back in where it’s warm.

I stared stupidly at them. Dora? I called out.

They called an ambulance for me. They took me to the hospital. The doctors and nurses checked me out. I didn’t get back to the nursing home until late the next morning. The nurses there got me back into bed. We were so worried about you, Mr. Braddock! one of them said.

Dora? I asked.

Later I heard two of them talking outside my room. They thought I couldn’t hear. My hearing isn’t what it used to be. But I used to be able to hear a whitetail deer take a