tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1404910147507856608..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: No Breakfast, No Water, No FunRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85582983218866897632021-04-10T09:33:07.044-04:002021-04-10T09:33:07.044-04:00Back in September 2000 I had just checked in at Ba...Back in September 2000 I had just checked in at Barnes in St. Louis for stomach surgery and was waiting to be called when the check-in nurse shouts "What Are You Doing?!!!" A guy was eating a donut and also had a cup of coffee. "What else have you had this morning?!!!" "Coffee." She gave that guy one of the best chewing outs ever, it was like a rocket lighting off. He was scheduled for surgery, too, and had just lied to her when he checked in. He was lucky she caught him, or he might have died in the O.R.David aka True Blue Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06221281748612938132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-2144462109164862292021-04-08T07:18:16.228-04:002021-04-08T07:18:16.228-04:00Oh, the fracture was a doozie -- broke off the kno...Oh, the fracture was a doozie -- broke off the knob off the outside of my right knee and twisted its way from there up my thighbone. But you'd be amazed what an impetus to learning that pain can be in teaching you how to lay just exactly right so that thing doesn't send agonizing jabs of oh-this-is-horrible screaming through your body.<br /><br /> Lay there in the middle of a crowded, busy ER struggling with pain and hoping no one jostles your gurney, or sit up a little and enjoy a wonderful sandwich? I know which I chose, and I think I'd do it again.<br /><br /> The sandwich place (Crawford's?) has been gone for years now. They shared the building with a florist, who actually owned it. The florist decided to expand, the bakery/sandwich shop was on second-generation owners who had other jobs, and that was that. I still miss them. You can score good greaseburgers at multiple places downtown; there's no shortage of food-truck fare and fancier, sit-down restaurants there. But for lighter (and, if you wanted it, healthier) lunches, there's nothing as good.<br />Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59533413707524425492021-04-07T18:52:22.016-04:002021-04-07T18:52:22.016-04:00RE the NPO order: in school they told us if our pa...RE the NPO order: in school they told us if our patient arrived in a good mood, it meant they hadn't followed instructions.<br /><br />Spiral fracture: Wow. Sounds like a corned beef on rye is more effective than pain meds. I'll have to remember that. Crap, now I'm hungry.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800106790176447938noreply@blogger.com