Read The Doctor's Tale Storyline:
Everyone has a dream. But, every dream has a price.When young Thomas Spezia decides to become a doctor, he is a stranger to the gritty reality of St. Louis City Hospital. Nothing in his background prepared him for the rigors of training at a charity hospital. The young intern struggles to comprehend his new and sometimes cruel reality, complicated by poverty, disease, drug addiction and racial tension. When his mentor, Dr. Skelton, assigns the case of Lori Raines, a terminally ill patient, he feels overwhelmed by her needs and demands of her philandering husband. Spezia embarks on a treacherous road to self-discovery that indelibly transforms his life. Ultimately, he must confront the cost of following his dream, and answer the question that gnaws at him, day and night, night and day.
Has the price become too high?
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