Chapter 25

Doctor Jones went through his personal phone book and found the number of his old friend Doctor Elliott Jackson. He dialed the number and after three rings his friend picked up the phone.

"Hello Elliott how have you been buddy?" Jones greeted his friend with a smile on his face and happiness in his voice.

"Jones! You old frat, how good it is to hear from you. How have you been? How are the kids?" Jackson made some small talk before getting down to business.

"I'm fine just working as usual and the kids are doing great, they are getting ready to graduate from high school next year so they are very excited for that and also looking at colleges. So the wife and I are looking forward to having an empty nest again and some peace and quiet for once." Jones was happy that his children were becoming adults and moving onto the next stage of life.

"That's great so what can I do for you?" Jackson knew Jones had a serious case for him and decided to find just how serious it is.

"Well about nine days ago a man was brought into my hospital in really bad shape, he was seriously dehydrated, malnourished, basically to the point of death really. But he has done a complete 180, and I would like if you could be his doctor while he is in Nashville during his recovery. You are the best doctor who specializes in patients with this sort of condition and I don't trust anyone to see him." Jones hoped his old friend would help him look after Mark.

"Well how did your patient get like that, was he starved, badly treated, what happened to him that he got so bad?" Jackson wanted to know more about the man's history before he decided to take him as a patient.

"His name is Mark Calaway and he is a wrestle with World Wrestling Entertainment, he is one of their top wrestlers actually and this needs to be kept low profile." Jones wanted to make sure that Jackson understood that this was a high profile patient that needed to be kept low key.

"Okay I understand." Jackson understood and was willing to help the man.

"Well Mr. Calaway was recently married about a year ago, he had been married twice before, but he found out that his new bride was cheating on him with a younger man. He didn't take it very well at all, in fact that's what happened in his two previous marriages, this last marriage was his last hope for true happiness. He put all his hope into this marriage, when he found out that his wife was cheating on him he divorced her and went into a deep depression. He bought a lot of beer and decided to drink himself to the point of death, but thankfully his friend went to go check on him. His friend was really worried about him when Mr. Calaway didn't call him after a week, when the friend went to his house Mr. Calaway was sitting in his den in a chair with beer cans everywhere. Mr. Calaway was sitting in his own feces and urine. The man was catatonic and unresponsive I thought he was going to die but amazingly he came out of it 48 hours after he was admitted here. Somehow, some way his came back and now he is doing really well just after nine days but I am being very cautious with him. I have ordered that he doesn't drink and alcohol for the next three months, he has been doing physical therapy everyday for about four hours a day and has made outstanding progress. He will be able to walk out of here on his own two feet but I would feel much better if you would look after while he is in Nashville recovering." Jones explained Mark's story and hoped Jackson would agree to see Mark.

"Consider it done, I will move some patients around and see Mr. Calaway first thing next Friday morning. This is one hell of a lucky man, he should be dead but somehow he managed to come back I would say he is a miracle." Jackson knew a miracle when he saw one.

"I think so too but I'm not going on record to say I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to him. Thank you so much for agreeing to see him, I will give him your information and tell him that you will be expecting him next week. I will give you his number so you can call him and set up an appointment time for next week. Thank you so much Jackson for seeing him, I owe you one." Jones was very happy that his old friend agreed to help Mark.

"No problem buddy, I will keep you informed of Mr. Calaway's progress and let you know how he is doing." Jackson promised he would keep his friend informed.

"Great, thanks again and I will talk to you soon." Jones said goodbye to his old friend and gathered up the necessary information for Mark before heading to go see him to tell him the good news.