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

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Neigh!

Are you desperate enough for something to read that you'd like me to send you pdf of Polder?

get well, Liz

[(Anonymous)]

Liz

I happened to read about your fall. Get well soon. You have much sympathy from Josette and I.

I didn't know you rode. How long's that been going on?

best,

Al Reynolds + Josette

*neigh* I say, and thrice neigh

[(Anonymous)]

Liz - very relieved to hear the damage is minimal, and that your neighbours are keeping you entertained.

I assume you'll be cutting out the horseplay in future???

Take care

neilw

[caskared.livejournal.com]

Recover quickly! My grandma had a former ballerina in her ward one time she was in hospital. The lady would dance around the beds doing demi-pliets and graceful arching moves, the nurses would have to coax her back to bed by leading her in a mini-pied piper/lord of the dance style. She also had a screamer, known as 'The Screamer', it's obligatory!

[(Anonymous)]

Hugest commiserations, Horse Girl. Console yourself by looking up a biography of Cole Porter and reflecting that things could be worse ... Seriously, I hope you get better real soon, and look forward to reading the fictitious version of these events in a forthcoming Williams novel. - Ben Jeapes

Hell of a way to get drugs

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Liz,

Just heard about your accident with the horse. Glad to hear that it is not that serious serious, but gutted to hear that it's hurting so much.
I also have to say that engaging in country pursuits is a hell of a way to get your hands on opiates. Why din't you jus go see yo man?

Get better soon,

Charles

[autopope.livejournal.com]

(Just back from a weekend on Long Island ...)

Was alarmed to read of your dramatic plight. Luckily modern medicine had advanced some distance beyond cupping and leeching -- these days the leeches are sterile. Much sympathy, hope you get out of there soon (hospitals are Not My Favourite Places, even without bonkers bed-neighbours), and hope your spleen or whatever isn't too badly broken!