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Her youthful plan was to become a veterinarian, but a job working in a nursing home during high school shifted her focus from animals to people.Dr. Lorraine Dodson explains: It was a good experience. The nursing home introduced me to the life and death cycle.One particular patient, Mary, made a special impression on the teenager. She fed, bathed and talked to Mary each day and was there the day she ...