I told the uniformed volunteer ladies that it was silly to get a pass from the hospital to go to the movies in Salsbury on a storming night. I had no clothes, my left leg was paralysed and just a couple of weeks prior my left kidney was removed. Dr. Volk overheard me and joined the conversation. He asked "why not?" In a matter of minutes, a uniform was borrowed from an attendant. Then someone came over and fitted me with a pair of shoes which on the spot, one was attached to a wire brace that would throw up my limp foot when I walked. Once outside, one of the ladies said "it's so easy to find excuses to avoid living."