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Irving is a large winder with rheumatoid arthritis. He has only one arm. It made me feel incredible when I first saw him. However, our initial meeting was not smooth, and it almost separated us from the normal doctor-patient relationship. After seeing him, I thought stupidly without thinking about it: "How was your right arm lost?"
"My right arm is not lost," he replied habitually and faithfully. "It was interrupted by a gun."

Owen’s right arm injury occurred half a century ago, and the accident ruined his promising violinist career. Afterwards, he learned to play the queen with his left arm.

In the next few hours, I didn't ask any other questions, but during this period I gradually coined a illusory "black movie": how was the violinist turned into a trumpeter? Broken one arm. It seems obvious that this quiet person does not know how to offend the gang. It may be for a woman to be jealous and eventually lead to hatred. They waited outside the symphony hall or outside the nightclub. During the break, he walked out in a little white dress, and they were ambushing. They opened the violin case, took out the obedient automatic weapon, and avenged my patient.


This is the most complete fantasy piece of the story I have written about my patients. There is nothing special about Owen's injury, but he can walk out of the shadows and become a symphony musician with only one arm. This is indeed a remarkable achievement, but also proves the man's talent.

A few years later, I couldn't resist my curiosity and asked Owen how his arm was interrupted by a gun. The fact broke the myth of my vision of this patient. Irving was injured at the farm, so he was likely to wear overalls instead of a small dress.

He was passing by a plough. A shotgun fell from the plow and went off the fire. That day was the second day of his 10th birthday. Whether he was heartbroken because he lost an arm, or because he could play the big size, he did not say it. However, just at the end of the conversation, he added: "I still dream of pulling a small burden. Maybe it will be one day in the future."

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