“Please remove your jacket and lie down,” he instructed. She did just that and the nurse walked in. “Can you move your top up a little and your pants a little down?”

She adjusted the article of clothing like he asked and watched as he washed his hands at the sink. When he walked back to her, he rubbed his hands together.

“I am warming them up,” he informed her.

“Don’t people say that cold hands make a warm man?” Her words made her chuckle slightly.

“I think they do, but moms ...