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10/19/2026

Anacleto is seventy-eight. He fished for a living for most of his life. He has diabetes and poor circulation in his legs, and a wound on his foot that needs regular care.

His hands are crossed with thin white lines, old scars from hauling nets. Those hands know things most people never learn.

Since the wound, though, everyone has been teaching him. His daughter walks him through his pills. His grandson shows him how to work the phone. Sit down. Put your foot up. Don't walk so much. It all comes from a good place, and all of it runs one direction. Nobody asks him anything anymore.

He lives on the second floor, in an apartment with a narrow balcony: an iron railing, a row of potted plants. Out there he keeps an old reel, still spooled with line. Some afternoons he turns the handle just to hear it hum. There's no salt in the air up here, only potting soil. The hum hasn't changed.

On Thursday a young nurse named Bruno came by. No gloves at the door; he shook Anacleto's hand.

"Good afternoon, Don Anacleto."

He washed up, put on gloves, and checked the foot without hurrying. The foot still needs care. Then he took the gloves off and went over what to do next, short and plain.

That's when he spotted the reel through the balcony door.

"You used to fish?"

"Forty years."

Bruno rubbed the back of his neck. "My dad's taking me out on Sunday. My line always slips right off the spool."

"Because you don't know how to tie it on."

"I don't. Would you show me?"

Anacleto didn't answer right away. It had been a long time since anyone asked him for that.

They stepped out onto the balcony, the late sun coming in low from the side. Anacleto put the reel in Bruno's hand.

"Around the spool first. Like this."

Bruno's loop came out crooked.

"No. Snug against it."

Anacleto laid his hands over the nurse's. Four hands on one line, the nylon biting a little into their fingers.

"Now an overhand around the line. Then another one at the tag end. That's the one that stops it."

"That's it?"

"Now pull. Slow."

Bruno pulled. The knot slid down and seated itself tight against the spool. Anacleto cranked the handle, and the reel gave its long hum. The line held.

Bruno picked the knot apart and tied it again, by himself this time. Anacleto watched and kept his hands in his lap.

"There you go. That's it."

At the front door, Anacleto stopped him.

"Next Thursday I'll show you another one. That one's hard."

—

At Horizon Wound Care, we come to your home.
The visit is quick.
Your first consultation is FREE.
We accept Medicare.

10/19/2026

Don Anacleto tiene setenta y ocho años.
Fue pescador casi toda su vida.
Tiene diabetes. Y mala circulación en las piernas.
Tiene una herida en el pie.
Su pie necesita cuidado.

Sus manos tienen rayitas blancas.
Son cicatrices viejas. Se las hicieron las redes, hace muchos años.
Esas manos saben cosas.

Pero desde la herida, todos le enseñan a él.
Su hija le explica las pastillas.
Su nieto le enseña a usar el teléfono.
Todos le dicen qué hacer.
Siéntese. Suba el pie. No camine tanto.
Nadie le pregunta nada.

Don Anacleto vive en un segundo piso.
Tiene un balcón chiquito, con barandal de hierro y macetas.
Ahí guarda un carrete viejo, con su hilo de pescar.
A veces le da vueltas a la manivela. Nomás para oír el zumbido.
Aquí no huele a mar. Huele a tierra de maceta.
Pero el zumbido es el mismo.

El jueves vino Bruno, el enfermero.
Es joven.
Llegó sin guantes y le dio la mano.
—Buenas tardes, Don Anacleto.

Bruno se lavó las manos.
Se puso guantes.
Le revisó el pie, con calma.
Su pie todavía necesita cuidado.
Bruno se quitó los guantes.
Le explicó qué hacer. Corto y claro.

Luego vio el carrete en el balcón.
—¿Usted pescaba?
—Cuarenta años.
Bruno se rascó la cabeza.
—El domingo voy a pescar con mi papá. Y a mí siempre se me suelta el hilo del carrete.
—Porque no lo sabe amarrar.
—No sé. ¿Me enseña?

Don Anacleto se quedó callado un ratito.
Hacía mucho que nadie le pedía eso.

Salieron al balcón. El sol de la tarde entraba de lado.
Don Anacleto le puso el carrete en la mano.
—Primero, una vuelta al carrete. Así.
Bruno dio la vuelta. Le salió chueca.
—No. Más pegadito.
Don Anacleto puso sus manos sobre las de Bruno.
Cuatro manos en el mismo hilo.
El hilo les apretaba un poquito los dedos.
—Ahora un nudito. Luego otro, en la puntita. Ese es el que lo detiene.
—¿Y ya?
—Ahora jale. Despacio.

Bruno jaló.
El n**o bajó solito y se quedó pegado al carrete.
Don Anacleto le dio vuelta a la manivela.
Zzzzz.
El hilo no se soltó.

Bruno deshizo el n**o.
Y lo volvió a hacer, él solo.
Don Anacleto lo miró. No le ayudó.
—Ándele. Así mero.

Ya en la puerta, Don Anacleto le dijo:
—El jueves que viene le enseño otro. Ese sí está difícil.

—

En Horizon Wound Care vamos a tu casa.
La visita es rápida.
La primera consulta es GRATIS.
Aceptamos Medicare.

10/18/2026

Eugenia is seventy-six. She has diabetes, and a wound on her leg that needs regular care.

Her house smells like furniture wax. Every object in it has a place, and she could find any of them in the dark. She has lived in this house a long time, and the order in it is hers.

In the guest room there's a nightstand by the window. On it sits a white doily she crocheted herself, and on the doily, a red tomato pincushion with a tape measure coiled up beside it. They've been there for as long as anyone can remember.

Last spring a repairman came to fix that window. He cleared the whole nightstand to get at the latch. The tomato ended up on the bed, the tape measure in a cardboard box, the doily twisted half off the edge. He finished, said goodbye, and left. Eugenia spent the rest of the afternoon putting her room back together.

So when she heard a nurse would be coming to the house for her leg, she didn't say much. That night she barely slept. What she kept thinking was: here we go again.

On Tuesday a nurse named Pilar rang the bell. No gloves; she shook Eugenia's hand at the door.

"Good morning, Doña Eugenia."

"Come in. We'll use the guest room. The light's good in there."

Eugenia sat down in her chair. Pilar stood by the nightstand, looking for somewhere to set her notebook. She looked at the tomato, then at the tape measure.

"Mind if I move these over a little?"

Eugenia nodded. Pilar slid them aside, slowly, and set the notebook on the edge of the doily.

Then she washed her hands, put on gloves, and checked the leg without rushing. The leg still needs care. When she was done she took the gloves off and told Eugenia what to do next, short and plain.

On her way out, Pilar closed the notebook. She picked up the tomato with two fingers and set it back in the middle of the doily, right where it had been. Then the tape measure, snug against the tomato, the way she'd found it. It gave a small tick as it settled.

Eugenia watched Pilar's hand. Neither of them said a word about it.

At the front door, Eugenia stopped her.

"Next Tuesday, I'll leave you a little spot for your notebook."

—

At Horizon Wound Care, we come to your home.
The visit is quick.
Your first consultation is FREE.
We accept Medicare.

10/18/2026

Doña Eugenia tiene setenta y seis años.
Tiene diabetes.
Y tiene una herida en la pierna.
Su pierna necesita cuidado.

Su casa está muy limpia.
Huele a cera de muebles.
Cada cosa tiene su lugar.
Ella sabe dónde está todo.
Hasta con los ojos cerrados.

En el cuarto de visitas hay un buró junto a la ventana.
Encima hay una carpetita blanca. La tejió ella.
Sobre la carpetita hay un alfiletero rojo, en forma de tomate.
Y al lado, una cinta de medir, bien enrollada.
Ahí han estado siempre.

Un día vino un señor a arreglar esa ventana.
Quitó todo del buró.
Puso el tomate en la cama.
Metió la cinta en una caja.
La carpetita quedó chueca.
Él se fue.
Y Doña Eugenia se pasó la tarde acomodando.

Por eso, cuando le dijeron que una enfermera iba a venir a su casa, se quedó callada.
Esa noche casi no durmió.
Pensaba: ¿y si me mueve todo otra vez?

El martes tocaron la puerta.
Era Pilar, la enfermera.
Sin guantes.
Le dio la mano.
—Buenos días, Doña Eugenia.
—Pásele. Vamos al cuarto de visitas. Ahí entra buena luz.

Doña Eugenia se sentó en su silla.
Pilar se quedó parada junto al buró.
Necesitaba un lugar para su libreta.
Miró el tomate. Miró la cinta.
—¿Se los muevo tantito?
Doña Eugenia dijo que sí con la cabeza.
Pilar los hizo a un lado. Despacito.
Puso su libreta en la orilla de la carpetita.

Luego se lavó las manos.
Se puso guantes.
Le revisó la pierna, con calma.
Su pierna todavía necesita cuidado.
Pilar se quitó los guantes.
Le explicó qué hacer. Corto y claro.

Al irse, Pilar cerró su libreta.
Agarró el tomate con dos dedos.
Lo puso en su lugar. Exacto, en el centro de la carpetita.
Luego la cinta. Pegadita al tomate, como estaba.
La cinta hizo tic.

Doña Eugenia miró la mano de Pilar.
No dijo nada.
Pilar tampoco.

Ya en la puerta, Doña Eugenia le dijo:
—El martes que viene, le dejo un lugarcito para su libreta.

—

En Horizon Wound Care vamos a tu casa.
La visita es rápida.
La primera consulta es GRATIS.
Aceptamos Medicare.

10/17/2026

Clemencia is seventy-eight. She has diabetes, and a wound on her leg that needs regular care.

Her husband, Benigno, doesn't get out of bed anymore. She looks after him, days and nights both. Nobody handed her that job. She chose it, the way she chose him fifty-some years ago, and she isn't asking anyone to feel sorry for her.

She keeps a small white baby monitor with her wherever she goes, clipped up near her chest, the little green light always on. It's how she hears him from the other room.

A few months back, a clinic across town gave her an appointment for her leg. She canceled it. They gave her another one, and she canceled that too. There was no one to sit with Benigno, and she wasn't going to leave him alone in the house. So her leg waited.

Eventually she asked whether someone could see her at home.

On Thursday morning, a nurse named Paulina came by. No gloves; she took Clemencia's hand at the door.

"Good morning, Doña Clemencia."

"Come in, mija. I'm back here in my sewing room."

It's a small room that smells like new fabric and a warm iron. A wicker chair, a window on the side wall. At the far end, a door stands half open. That's Benigno's room.

Clemencia settled into the wicker chair. Paulina sat across from her, the sewing table between them, and Clemencia stood the monitor up on it, switched on, green light facing out. It gave off a soft hiss, and under the hiss, Benigno's slow breathing.

Paulina didn't ask her to turn it off. She just lowered her voice a little.

She washed her hands, put on gloves, and checked the leg slowly. The leg still needs care.

Halfway through, the monitor crackled.

"Clema?"

Clemencia looked at it. Once. She pressed the button.

"I'm right here, viejo. I have company."

"Oh. Okay."

And the hiss came back.

Paulina finished, took off the gloves, and told her what to do next, short and plain. When Clemencia started to get up to walk her out, Paulina waved her back down. "Stay put. I know the way."

Clemencia picked the monitor up off the table and held it to her chest again. She pressed the button.

"Company's gone, viejo."

"And how are you doing?"

She looked over at the half-open door.

"Still here."

—

At Horizon Wound Care, we come to your home.
The visit is quick.
Your first consultation is FREE.
We accept Medicare.

10/17/2026

Doña Clemencia tiene setenta y ocho años.
Tiene diabetes.
Y tiene una herida en la pierna.
Su pierna necesita cuidado.

Su esposo se llama Benigno.
Ya no se levanta de la cama.
Ella lo cuida, de día y de noche.
Nadie la obligó.
Lo decidió ella, porque lo quiere.

Doña Clemencia siempre trae un aparatito blanco.
Es un intercomunicador.
Tiene una lucecita verde.
Por ahí oye a Benigno desde otro cuarto.
Ella lo lleva aquí, a la altura del pecho.
A todos lados.

Hace unos meses le dieron una cita para su pierna.
En una clínica lejos.
Ella la canceló.
Le dieron otra.
También la canceló.
No tenía quién se quedara con Benigno.
Y ella no lo iba a dejar solo.
Su pierna se quedó para después.

Entonces pidió que la vieran en su casa.

El jueves llegó Paulina, la enfermera.
Sin guantes.
Le dio la mano.
—Buenos días, Doña Clemencia.
—Pásele, mija. Aquí estoy, en mi cuarto de costura.

Es un cuarto chiquito.
Huele a tela nueva y a plancha tibia.
Tiene un sillón de mimbre y una ventana de lado.
Al fondo hay una puerta medio abierta.
Ahí está el cuarto de Benigno.

Doña Clemencia se sentó en su sillón.
Paulina se sentó enfrente.
Entre las dos estaba la mesita de costura.
Doña Clemencia puso el aparatito ahí, paradito.
Prendido.
La lucecita verde, encendida.
Se oía un soplidito: shhh.
Y la respiración de Benigno, despacito.

Paulina no le dijo que lo apagara.
Habló un poquito más bajo, nada más.

Paulina se lavó las manos.
Se puso guantes.
Le revisó la pierna, con calma.
Su pierna todavía necesita cuidado.

A la mitad, por el aparatito se oyó:
—¿Clema?
Doña Clemencia lo miró.
Una vez.
Apretó el botón.
—Aquí ando, viejo. Tengo visita.
—Ah, bueno.
Y otra vez el shhh.

Paulina terminó.
Se quitó los guantes.
Le explicó qué hacer. Corto y claro.

Doña Clemencia se quiso parar para acompañarla.
—No se pare —le dijo Paulina—. Yo me sé la salida.

Doña Clemencia agarró su aparatito.
Lo puso otra vez en su pecho.
Apretó el botón.
—Ya se fue la visita, viejo.
—¿Y tú cómo estás?
Ella miró la puerta medio abierta.
—Aquí sigo.

—

En Horizon Wound Care vamos a tu casa.
La visita es rápida.
La primera consulta es GRATIS.
Aceptamos Medicare.

10/16/2026

Severiano is eighty-one. He has diabetes, and a wound on his foot that needs regular care.

He has never been much of a talker. Some people take the quiet for sadness, or for a bad mood. He's simply been that way since he was a boy.

For years, appointments wore him out in a way that had nothing to do with his foot. Someone would lean in and say, "So, how are we feeling today? Tell me." He'd say "fine." He'd put on a smile he didn't feel. And if he went quiet, he could see them wondering what was wrong with him, so he'd find something else to say. By the time he got home he was tired from talking, and the talking was the part he hadn't needed.

On Tuesday afternoon, a nurse named Lauro came by. No gloves; he shook Severiano's hand in the driveway.

"Afternoon, Don Severiano."

"Afternoon."

Severiano was out in the garage, which smells like motor oil and sawdust. The door was rolled halfway up, and the late sun came in sideways across the floor. On the workbench sat his old battery radio, silver, the paint rubbed off the corners, crackling through a ballgame.

Lauro didn't ask how he was feeling. He set his bag down, leaned on the bench (it creaked under his elbows), and listened.

Neither of them said anything for a while.

Third inning, two outs. A crack of the bat, and the crowd on the radio came up all at once. Severiano raised one finger off the wood. Just the one.

Lauro smiled and nodded.

Later, Severiano sat down and propped his foot on a wooden crate. Lauro washed his hands, put on gloves, and checked the foot slowly. He asked only what he needed to ask. "Sore here?" "A little." The foot still needs care. Lauro took the gloves off and told him what to do next, short and plain.

Then they stayed a few more minutes with the radio.

On his way out, Lauro heard Severiano behind him.

"You know how to keep a man company."

It was the longest thing he'd said all afternoon.

—

At Horizon Wound Care, we come to your home.
The visit is quick.
Your first consultation is FREE.
We accept Medicare.

10/16/2026

Don Severiano tiene ochenta y un años.
Tiene diabetes.
Y tiene una herida en el pie.
Su pie necesita cuidado.

Don Severiano habla poquito.
A veces creen que está triste.
O enojado.
No. Así es él, desde niño.

En otros lugares le decían:
«¿Y cómo se siente hoy? Cuénteme».
Él decía «bien».
Y sonreía, aunque no tuviera ganas.
Si se quedaba callado, lo miraban raro.
Como si algo le pasara.
Salía cansado.
Más cansado de platicar que del pie.

El martes llegó Lauro, el enfermero.
Sin guantes.
Le dio la mano.
—Buenas tardes, Don Severiano.
—Buenas.

Don Severiano estaba en su cochera.
Ahí huele a aceite y a aserrín.
La puerta estaba medio abierta.
Entraba la luz de la tarde, de lado.
En el banco de trabajo estaba su radio.
Una radio de pilas, plateada y vieja.
Hacía crrr, crrr.
Y se oía un partido de béisbol.

Lauro no le preguntó «¿cómo se siente?».
Puso su maletín en el piso.
Se recargó en el banco.
El banco hizo crac.
Y escuchó el partido.
Los dos, callados.

Tercera entrada. Dos outs.
Un batazo. La gente en la radio gritó.
Don Severiano levantó un dedo.
Uno nada más.
Lauro sonrió.
Y movió la cabeza: sí.

Luego Don Severiano se sentó en su silla.
Subió el pie a un cajón de madera.
Lauro se lavó las manos.
Se puso guantes.
Le revisó el pie, con calma.
Le preguntó solo lo que tenía que preguntar.
—¿Aquí le duele?
—Poquito.
Su pie todavía necesita cuidado.
Lauro se quitó los guantes.
Le explicó qué hacer. Corto y claro.

Después se quedaron otro ratito.
La radio seguía: crrr, crrr.

Cuando Lauro ya se iba, Don Severiano le dijo:
—Usted sí sabe acompañar.
Fue lo más largo que dijo en toda la tarde.

—

En Horizon Wound Care vamos a tu casa.
La visita es rápida.
La primera consulta es GRATIS.
Aceptamos Medicare.

10/15/2026

Herminia is seventy-nine. She has diabetes, and a wound on her leg that needs regular care.

She doesn't hear well anymore. Almost nothing on the right side; better on the left, where she wears a small beige hearing aid. Sometimes it whistles at her, a thin high note only she can hear.

For a long time, appointments went the same way. People talked fast, half turned toward a screen, and Herminia didn't want to be the old lady who says "what?" every other sentence. So she nodded. She said "yes, yes." She smiled in the right places. Then, on the drive home, she'd sit very quietly with her purse on her lap, trying to piece together what they had said about her leg.

On Thursday, a nurse named Rocío came to the house. No gloves; she shook Herminia's hand at the gate. Herminia brought her out to the front yard, by her rosebush, and Rocío unfolded her camp chair with a sharp clack and set it down on Herminia's right.

A delivery truck rumbled past. Rocío asked her something.

"Yes, yes," Herminia said, and smiled.

Rocío looked at her for a moment. She didn't say a word about it. She just stood up, folded the chair, carried it around to the other side, the side with the hearing aid, and opened it again. Clack. She sat down close, facing her, where Herminia could see her mouth.

"Which roses do you like better, the red or the white?"

Herminia laughed. So that was the question. "The red ones. I planted those myself."

Later they went inside. Herminia put her leg up on a stool. Rocío washed her hands, put on gloves, and checked the leg slowly and carefully. It still needs care. She took the gloves off, then went over what to do next, face to face, one thing at a time.

Halfway through, Herminia stopped her. "Say that again?"

Rocío said it again. Same words, same pace, no sigh.

Herminia didn't say "yes, yes" once that morning. She asked instead. And when Rocío drove away, she knew exactly what to do for her leg.

—

At Horizon Wound Care, we come to your home.
The visit is quick.
Your first consultation is FREE.
We accept Medicare.

10/15/2026

Doña Herminia tiene setenta y nueve años.
Tiene diabetes.
Y tiene una herida en la pierna.
Su pierna necesita cuidado.

Doña Herminia no oye bien.
Del lado derecho, casi nada.
Del izquierdo, mejor.
Ahí lleva su audífono, color beige.
A veces le hace un silbidito.
Fiiii.

En otros lugares le hablaban rápido.
Y de lado.
Ella no quería decir «¿cómo?».
No quería parecer vieja.
Ni tonta.
Así que decía «sí, sí».
Movía la cabeza.
Sonreía.
Y de regreso a su casa, en el carro, se quedaba callada.
No sabía qué le habían dicho de su pierna.

El jueves llegó Rocío, la enfermera.
Sin guantes.
Le dio la mano.
Doña Herminia la llevó al jardín, junto a su rosal.
Rocío abrió su silla plegable.
Clac.
La puso del lado derecho.

Pasó un camión por la calle.
Rocío le preguntó algo.
—Sí, sí —dijo Doña Herminia.
Y sonrió.

Rocío la miró un ratito.
No dijo nada.
Se levantó.
Cerró su silla.
La cargó.
La abrió del otro lado.
Clac.
Del lado del audífono.
Se sentó enfrente de ella, cerquita.
Así Doña Herminia le podía ver la boca.

—¿Qué rosas le gustan más? ¿Las rojas o las blancas?
Doña Herminia se rio.
Ah, eso era lo que le preguntaba.
—Las rojas. Las planté yo.

Luego entraron a la casa.
Doña Herminia subió la pierna a un banquito.
Rocío se lavó las manos.
Se puso guantes.
Le revisó la pierna, con calma.
Su pierna todavía necesita cuidado.
Rocío se quitó los guantes.
Y le explicó qué hacer, despacio, de frente.

Doña Herminia dijo:
—¿Cómo? Otra vez, por favor.
Rocío se lo dijo otra vez.
Igualito. Sin prisa.

Esa mañana, Doña Herminia no dijo «sí, sí» ni una vez.
Y cuando Rocío se fue, ella sabía qué hacer con su pierna.

—

En Horizon Wound Care vamos a tu casa.
La visita es rápida.
La primera consulta es GRATIS.
Aceptamos Medicare.

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