In my hospital room, there was a ‘thing’ that ran the length of the window. Cool air blew from it. There were no knobs or controls on ‘that thing.’ It was November and I didn’t see the need for an air conditioner.
When a nurse entered my room, I asked her what ‘that thing’ was. She [...]
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That Thing
Posted in cardiac, fresh, healthy, heart, life, tagged air, aliens, germs, green, hairy, hospital, pneumonia, purple, sleet, snow, tubes, windows on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hospital 2
Posted in body, cardiac, carpet, heart, hospital, husband, life, people, teenagers, tagged hospital, I.V., nurse, pillows on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in the hospital for tests, so I’m not ill enough to be in bed all the time. After a few hours in my semi-private room, I feel the walls closing in. I walk around the cardiac floor. One nurse said to me, if the hospital had carpets, I’d be wearing a hole in them.
I [...]
The Hospital
Posted in brother, cardiac, health, heart, hospital, laundry, life, noise, people, water, tagged cardiac, hospital, life, noise on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in the hospital again. On the cardiac floor. I’m outside by the elevators talking to my brother on a cell phone. I tell him – ‘the cardiac floor is the noisest floor in any hospital.’
He says: ‘You’d think it’d be the quietest.’
‘No. There’s always all kinds of noise. Dropping things, etc.’
‘Wonder why that is?’
‘Maybe [...]
