if the bullet don't get you, the needle will

[lizwilliams]

Woke up in the night and had to ask for painkillers in a voice which I thought was a polite whisper, but which brought the ward sister back 30 seconds later with a shot of morphine. Shouty patient was quiet but instead we had old lady:

OL:WHERE AM I?
NURSE: YOU'RE IN HOSPITAL,DEAR!
OL: I DIDN'T COME HERE TO BE EXPERIMENTED ON!
N: BUT YOU'VE ONLY HAD AN X-RAY!

and so on. She spent the night shouting for help in a very dramatic 'oh God, save me!' way. It is like being incarcerated with a very bad playwright.However, she is 90, blind and evidently a bit bonkers as well, so one must have some tolerance. She is now arguing with the doctor.

Because the drs sit near me, I now know we all have LJ-y handles. We are: Appendix, Other Appendix, ECG, and Gastric Person. I have one, too.

signed
Horse Girl

Comments

Re: *neigh* I say, and thrice neigh

[(Anonymous)]

Liz

Good luck in getting back into the saddle quickly, in that case. Josette broke a few ribs (and fractured her hip) when her horse bolted in the woods a few years ago, and I know how painful that was for her. When they're going to bolt, they're going to bolt. I've been quite lucky with falls to date: by far the worst things that have happened to me with horses have been while putting the saddle on...:-(

Al

Re: *neigh* I say, and thrice neigh

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Ow! Poor J. She has my sympathies.

I have been bolted with twice, but the only time I've fallen off before was when the horse was walking!