Day 5 - The Consummate Flirt

Patrick was an unrepentant flirt. It was hardwired into his DNA. He had a twinkle in his eye and a smile that reached his toes. When people passed by his room, he would smile and coo at them. He could get a whole group of people gathered outside his door to watch him. Some days I would get to his room and find it empty. Looking around for his nurse, I would find Patrick sitting at the nurses' station keeping them all entertained. Even the most hardened, grumpy doctors could be reduced to goo during rounds, getting distracted by his sly smile and responding by smiling and wiggling their fingers at him.