Village Shepherd

David was very ill. His energy levels had been reducing over the past few years and when he eventually visited the doctor he learned that he had a precursor of the sort of leukemia which sometimes occurs in elderly people. The doctor decided that David should have blood transfusions every six weeks or so, and for several months they were brilliant. After each blood transfusion, David felt like a new man for two or three weeks, until his blood levels gradually began to drop again and he needed another transfusion.