I am currently using a Bible as a mousepad.
Exchange in Cardiac & Vascular Center waiting room
Old man in jeans and a baseball cap waits for the nurse to call him in for a procedure. Elderly, overweight woman wearing a smart pink suit walks into the waiting room with a cane and a girlfriend.
“You can sit in that loveseat right there,” the man says to the pink lady.
“Why? You wanna make love?”
The nurse opens the door and calls for the patient.
“How long will the procedure take?” says the pink lady.
“Fifteen minutes,” says the nurse. “But there are two hours of recovery time. You can go get some lunch.”
Ladies arise from loveseat.
“All right. We’re going to the cafeteria.”
“Don’t spend my money!” the patient calls as he disappears into the Cardiac Center.
New schedule/rabies
This morning Selvi and I had a date to spend some quality time together at 7 AM. The quality time included 1-pound weights, a floor mat, and an elderly man walking on a treadmill with a cane. While we worked out, a segment on the Today Show grabbed our attention. A teenage girl was described as a “medical marvel” for surviving rabies without getting the vaccine. Rabies is supposed to be fatal in humans if you don’t get a shot within a few weeks of contracting the disease. However instead of being amazed by this girl’s genetic superiority, Selvi and I started shouting at the TV. What kind of person gets bitten by a BAT, does not seek medical attention for a MONTH, and then milks the publicity of emerging from a rabies-induced coma? Does her medical insurance cover something like that? And her case is written up in The New England Journal of Medicine! And she wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up! What if she has children someday? “It’s probably fine that you just swallowed a gallon of paint thinner, Jimmy Junior. Let’s just wait this one out and observe if there are any side effects in a month. Better safe than sorry.”