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A patient calls at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday morning to say that she has slipped on the ice while going out to get mail and may have fractured her wrist. There is a good deal of pain and swelling. Her son is available to drive her to the office. You check today's schedule and find out that it is full. What is the best way to respond to the patient?