Thank you Doctor Ivan Mefford, for all you are, and continue to be, to your patients and their families.

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| March, 14 2014 | for Ivan N. Mefford, MD, PhD

Who: Dr. Ivan Mefford-The Best Doctor!

What: National Doctors Day

Where: Richmond, Texas

When: All of the Time.How can one person have the same smile, same
can do attitude, and same pleasant personality, every time you
see him?
Why: He listensReally listens, to each of his patients.

He listened.To the young mother, concerned that her childs cough may be some unknown plague. (Although the experiences my family have had with Dr. Ivan Mefford, didnt involve younger children, we wish hed been there for all of those
What If?..Could It Be?Maybe It Is!... Moments,
that all parents experience with their children.)

He listened.To the middle-aged mom, whose twenty-five year old son was told by an out of town hospital emergency room, that the reason his foot was swollen, was it was probably just bruised; and to go home and prop it up. The twenty-five year old son, had injured his foot, while running through the marsh, in the dark, to the overturned, wrecked truck, of his best friend, only to find that friend dead. So, although the emergency room personnel had other people that needed them more, that night, they missed the clot. When the twenty-five year old son went to his middle-aged moms house, she just knew there was more to it than being badly bruised, and so, she asked her son to go to her doctor,
Dr. Ivan Mefford. Dr. Mefford found a blood clot, and
saved the twenty-five year olds life. He was there for our
twenty-five year old son. (Mention it to Dr. Mefford, and
hell grin, and say, I just do what I do.)

He listened..To the once middle-aged mom, a little older now, who couldnt get over a sore throat, hoarseness, and then, had complete loss of her voice, but no fever, or apparent inflammation. Some doctors may have thought that the little older mom, was just at that age, when things start to go wrong, and women tend to complain about just about everything; Dr. Ivan Mefford listened, and sent her to a specialistit was a collapsed vocal chord; and with several minor surgeries, her vocal chords became functional again.

He listened..To the now, slightly older woman, (mother of the son with the bruised foot), whose husband was never sick, yet had a terrible cough, was sneezing, feeling badly, and was kind enough to humor her, and by staying in bed, to recoupHe just wouldnt go to see the doctor, because it was just a bad cold, and would be over in a few days. Finally, after several days of the same symptoms, the slightly older woman, convinced the husband, with just a bad cold, to let her call, to try to get him in to see Dr. Mefford.
Dr. Mefford, actually left the hospital, and went to the
clinic, in part, because Im sure his receptionist thought the
slightly older woman, had lost her mind, insisting that her
husband really needed to see Dr. Mefford.
Men always do stick together; its a known fact, and so,
Dr. Mefford told the slightly older womans husband, with
just a bad cold, that, He indeed, had, just a bad cold.
I rest my case; if the husband had gone to doctor in the
first place, the doctor would have surely seen the husband
with a very, very, bad cold.

To anyone that has ever met Dr. Ivan Mefford, you knew he
was listening to you, the moment you began to speak, that as a patient of his, you knew that you were not just a number, not just a patient, not just a way to fill the coffers. That caring attitude, that gift of being really listened to, is priceless; a doctor, like the doctor, I had all of my young life; like the wonderful doctor my uncle was, the kind that listened first, and did what needed to be done to heal the hurt.

Thank you Doctor Ivan Mefford, for all you are, and continue to be, to your patients and their families. Thank you for being a man that has made such a difference in our lives.
Larry and Linda Harris

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