Novant Health Cotton Grove Family Medicine

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the middle of the night, an urgent announcement crackled over the clinic’s intercom: ‘Attention all patients and staff—your doctor has just discovered how to cure insomnia!’ The doors flew open, and a sleepy delivery driver stumbled in, complaining, 'I’ve been trying every sleeping pill under the sun!' The doctor smiled mysteriously and whispered something into his ear. Within minutes, the man was snoring so loudly that everyone could hear him through the walls. A relieved neighbor later confessed, 'That was the best sound I’d heard all week.'

2. In the waiting room one morning, a regular noticed something peculiar on the receptionist’s desk—a tiny ceramic frog wearing a doctor’s stethoscope around its neck. No one could remember seeing it before. Soon enough, another patient walked in—a delivery driver—and asked curiously if they had a new mascot. The receptionist shook her head, smiling slightly, and said, 'No, just an old habit of mine.' And with that, she picked up the little frog and placed it back where it belonged—next to the stack of magazines.

3. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to the clinic’s loading dock with a routine supply drop. As he unloaded boxes, he noticed something odd—a small wooden carving nestled among the medical supplies. Curious, he picked it up and found himself staring at a lifelike sculpture of a doctor in full scrubs, holding a stethoscope. Who left this here, and why? As he held the statue, another delivery truck arrived, and the driver joked, ‘Maybe they’re running low on real doctors today!’ Turns out, it was just a prank from a neighbor who thought it would be fun to spice things up around the clinic.’

4. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to the clinic’s loading dock with a routine package. As he unloaded it, he noticed something odd in the back of the truck—a small wooden box wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. Curious, he brought it inside, only to discover that no one else seemed to know anything about it. The curious driver opened the box carefully, revealing a note reading ‘Happy New Year!’ Inside were several boxes of donuts—just what the staff needed after their late-night shift. Turns out, a friendly neighborhood baker had delivered them anonymously as thanks for always being so kind to his family. The legend grew over time, but everyone agreed: sometimes mysterious gifts bring more joy than anyone could imagine.