My fingers are getting sore

This is the result of keeping them crossed in the hopes that life will be calm and uneventful for a little while at least. Our Children are fine and their Children are fine. It is a good thing as I think I have had all the stress I can deal with at this time.

I went to visit Jackie on Saturday - she has a broken toe with a missing toe nail and a very funny story about a trip to the Dr. They were at the "Do it yourself walk- in Clinic" , the day after her trip to emergency. The Dr. looked at her bandaged toe and said " We will have to deal with this" and left the room."

A nurse came in with a basin of hot water, put it in front of Jackie and leaves. You can't put Jackie's still bleeding toe in a basin of hot water and expect to go away unscathed................... Fortunately the nurse didn't try. A few minutes later the Dr. put his head in the door and said "Oh not ready " and left.

John and Jackie looked at each other and discussed if this was a do-it - yourself situation. John went out into the hall ---------- NO ONE ------------ not even at the reception desk. Jackie puts her foot in the now cool water to start soaking off the bandage ...................... again the Dr. puts his head in and says......" Oh not ready yet"

By this time John and Jackie decide they are supposed to take her dressing off. Now Jackie can't bend over and take the dressing off as she will get dizzy and fall on her head.............. John finds some scissors , knocking over all the stuff on the top of the counter in the process............. The noise did not bring anyone into the room............... so again John goes out in the hall to see if there is anyone to help them.................. no luck the place is as silent as a tomb and no one answers his call. John starts to cut the dressing off with the DULL SCISSORS, while Jackie is holding her breath, worried that he is going to bump the injuried area. He gets most of the dressing off but doesn't want to take the last little bit off................

AHA..... A NURSE who comes in and says "OH you have been taking this off yourself". She then proceeds to try and get the rest of the dressing off with the DULL scissors. .................... this doesn't work so she leaves to get some sharper ones.......... the Dr's head appears in the doorway "OH Still not ready".

The nurse comes back with sharp scissors and removes the rest of the dressing and puts it in the plastic bag that has all the bloody bandages. This is the plastic bag that Jackie had over her foot to keep the rain off .

TADA................... the Dr. is back. This time he comes in and looks at Jackie's toe and says " That is a mess"..................... Clever man.................. He re-dresses her toe which is bleeding through the bandage as he is putting it on. Then he picks up the bag with the old, bloody dressing and asks if they want to take it home???????? Now why would he ask this? ........... Who wants to take bloody bandages home ................ it's not like it is a souvenir of an event you want to remember.

Needless to say they are not going back to this walk-in clinic. They went home and Jackie put more gauze on her toe to soak up the blood that was still seeping out of the bandage.

For those of you who know Jackie imagine her and John telling this story. They had me in stitches for half and hour. Only Jackie.