Mary Vesta Nickerson

Doctor, Doctor Mary Vesta Nickerson

Kara Kensell has been sick withchronic illness for a long time.¿ Whileshe is on a quest to find answers to her heath problems, she is faced withaccepting the breakup of her marriage, an ice storm hits and paralyzes herplans, her friends are in danger of dying, a rogue fisherman harangues her, andher agent keeps pressing her to lose weight. For her, losing weight isimpossible. Her best friend Ellen Fogerty isa nurse. Come along on a Mock Disaster Drill and watch EMT¿s in action. FollowKara to an operation in Riverside Regional Hospital where she is in danger ofdying. DOCTOR, DOCTOR has unique twistand turns, while following the concerns of the patient. It is revealing in itsobservations of the medical profession and its many shortcomings. The storyrelates the things that can happen to a patient and chronicles the frustrationsof the autoimmune patient whom medicine has allowed to fall through the cracks. It is a story of indifference,greed, jealousy, murder, blackmail, and deception while following the life of avery average person and her friends as they face life struggles.