Rey's A Point

I Say Doctor! Let Me Get This Straight

At ten o’clock I was laying back, exhausted from lack of sleep, trying to get comfortable in a hospital chair that functioned as an equally uncomfortable bed. Cradled in my left arm was my re-hydrated daughter, I.V. still attached to her hand but exhausted from being up most of the night and finally meeting dawn with a flurry of nurses and needles.

On my far left, in the second transforming chair, was my 6 month pregnant wife who likely had less sleep than I did since the slightest creak keeps her awake and hospitals never sleep. We were waiting to hear if my daughter would be released that afternoon or if she would stay another night.

In came the Doctor, crew-cut, glasses being tall

Rey

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8 responses to “I Say Doctor! Let Me Get This Straight”

  1. You shoud have said “We both do!” followed by a Ricky Ricardo rant with your wife. It would have been even better if you ended with “Stupido!”

    ROFL… why did you want to move to a hick town again?

  2. You were wearing your straw hat and full-on Juan Valdez gear complete with Burro again, weren’t you? ;)

    So amid your (justified) rant, I think I missed a detail or two. Why was your daughter in the hospital? Other than an idiot doctor, is everything ok now? :/

  3. What an ignoramus. Sorry you had to deal with that on top of everything else.

    I’m wondering along with MCF how your daughter is doing. Hope that everyone is home and getting some well-deserved rest.

  4. Oh she had vomitting and diarrea for a few days with a fever and constant refusal on all fluids to the point that she got severely dehydrated. After the vomitting and all stopped she still wouldn’t drink so we had to get her re-hydrated via IV. Now she is happy and drinking and working on solids again.

    The Flu stinks.

  6. Bah–it’s the main reason why I told the story this way instead of a long MCFish post about nurses, doctors, and childhood trauma. :D

  7. “why did you want to move to a hick town again”

    Seems the prejudice is contagious.