One day in the hospital, the nurse came in and asked you how you were doing.
"Well," you said, " you know, every time I have to go to the restroom I have to take off these wires connected to my ankles (the ones to keep you from getting blood clots), and then I have to put on these socks (the ones with the treads on the bottom so you don't slip on the linoleum tiled floors), and then I've got to stand up, and negotiate all these wires (the ones hooked up to your IV), and unplug some from the wall, and roll the IV in there with me, and then when I come back I've got to reverse the whole process to get back into bed. Going to the bathroom has become a major life event."
The nurse just sort of stared at you. I don't think this was quite the answer she was expecting. But this was so precisely you. It's just so exactly how you would describe something.
love you.
amy, MFD
"Well," you said, " you know, every time I have to go to the restroom I have to take off these wires connected to my ankles (the ones to keep you from getting blood clots), and then I have to put on these socks (the ones with the treads on the bottom so you don't slip on the linoleum tiled floors), and then I've got to stand up, and negotiate all these wires (the ones hooked up to your IV), and unplug some from the wall, and roll the IV in there with me, and then when I come back I've got to reverse the whole process to get back into bed. Going to the bathroom has become a major life event."
The nurse just sort of stared at you. I don't think this was quite the answer she was expecting. But this was so precisely you. It's just so exactly how you would describe something.
love you.
amy, MFD
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