Ed had a medical order for a triglyceride test from Dr. Butler, his cardiologist, but we couldn’t find it. I said I’ll call his office and get a copy mailed to us. Dr. Butler recently changed venues, teaming up with a cardiology group. We had the new information. I called that number, got an automated message, his doctor’s name was not in the automated list, as in “press 1 for Dr. Whosits, 2 for … I reached a person. No information was available on who?

I called the old number, same thing. I called Lee Memorial, no record. I called our internist, who had recommended him to start, and his assistant did some research and called back. No one knows where he is, and that includes his doctor buddies. One assistant said she heard that he had retired, but that was only a rumor.
Ed is going to need a new cardio guy.

I really liked this doctor and wonder why he would just disappear. Or as one assistant said on the phone, “Dr. Butler has ‘left the building.’” Funny music is playing in my head. Maybe he “snapped” and hopped a freighter.
Doctors are human, after all.

xx, Teal