-Have I told you about my colleague’s daughter?
-Mum, is it another hospital story?
-you see, they found out – she’s only 18 months old- that she had leukaemia and
-Because if it is, you know I don’t want to hear hospital stories.
-and then, she needed a bone marrow transplant and
-do you know why I don’t want to hear hospital stories, mum?
-her brother is 4 years old, can you imagine? so they did a transplant and they didn’t know if it was going to work or if
-because, remember, I’m due for a hospital stay at some point and I’m anxiety in a tube, a concentrate of worry – I don’t want to know what horrible things might ha
-and she caught one of those, those superbugs that are so easy to catch nowadays, and
-what i want to hear is that things will go fine, y’know? That hopsitals can be relied upon?
-and suddenly she was about to die, and they realised the nurse had given her ten times the necessary dose of morphine
- this, for example, does not make me feel good. Mum. Pleaa
- because nurses make mistakes! and luckily the baby pulled through but just to say, one has to be very, very vigilant.
-thanks, mum.
Woy. Everyone with their stories. Plus the ones you’ve made up in your head. All you can do is surrender yourself and know that chances are very good that you’ll sail right through. But do get the heck out of the hospital as soon as you can, mkay?
Comment by Steph — August 12, 2007 @ 6:58 am |
Yup,Steph, I’m really good at the making movies in my head, and I have a very graphic imagination, too. Go me.
Comment by chinderella — August 15, 2007 @ 8:27 pm |
This is hilarious! I could just picture you two going back and forth on this. You’re absolutely right – block out the noises! You’ll pull through just fine. It’s what the doctors and the nurses do for a living.
Comment by Kristen — August 20, 2007 @ 3:42 am |
Brilliant, just ripe for a sit-com! ;0) M
Comment by Michelle — August 1, 2008 @ 1:24 am |