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VA Hospital, Martinez—July 23, 2010It was Kelly’s first scheduled meeting with the Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. Blue. She’d met yesterday briefly with other staff members, the assistant administrative chief, someone from surgery, an internist, a physical therapist, and Dr. Iris Reed, Rob’s occupational therapist, who was really a warm, engaging person—they’d hit it off instantly. Dr. Iris had talked up her occupational therapy program and some of what she specifically had planned for Rob based on a full survey of his interests and talents.
Kelly sat down across a desk from Dr. Blue. He was a slender man, middle-aged, balding, dressed immaculately in a tan worsted suit, with a stylish light-orange tie and matching bright kerchief in his right pocket. They chatted briefly about Napa, Kelly
