Plaintiff contended that she sustained her burden of proof by showing that defendant continued to treat her after he first injected her nose with Kenalog 10, a steroid, which allegedly caused plaintiff's deformity. The record establishes that the initial treatment was in preparation for surgery after plaintiff returned from vacation (see, Ward v Kaufman, 120 A.D.2d 929). Plaintiff kept in contact with defendant by telephone and defendant allegedly examined her nose a final time on February 10, 1989 (see, McDermott v Torre, 56 N.Y.2d 399, 406).
While plaintiff did not move for a default judgment until three months after the time period permitted under the statute had expired (CPLR 3215 [c]), plaintiff proffered a reasonable excuse for the delay (see, Borgia v Interboro Gen. Hosp., 59 N.Y.2d 802), and furnished an affidavit of merit from a physician attesting that her cause of action has merit (see, Mosberg v Elahi, 80 N.Y.2d 941).
Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Ellerin, Kupferman, Ross and Rubin, JJ.