Seen today at the hospital

• A t-shirt on a 65-year-old woman with a cane that said “Stop Checking Me Out!”
• A feathered mullet, combined with big earrings and a necklace, circa 1983.  On a woman just a few years older than I.
• My bone density results.  Above-average, by the way.  You all already knew I was dense, didn’t you?
• A toy dropped on the floor by a toddler, which I promptly picked up and handed to his mother, who couldn’t reach it.
• Three Hare Krishnas.  Who knew we had those here?
• Two officers from the Department of Corrections.  Most of my doctors are at the large teaching hospital downtown, an urban center not quite as bad as Cook County on ER, but closer to it than you’d find in the suburbs.  This is where they bring the sick prisoners, apparently.
• Chick-Fil-A waffle fries.  With Chick-Fil-A barbecue sauce.
• Blood pressure monitor reading 101/66.  Sweet.
• This view pictured below, out of the waiting room window.  Click here to see what each one is.  I’ll leave it to her to tell us all the different architectural styles.

• Sick people.  Lots of sick people who were really sick.  People in pain, people who were struggling.  I really felt for them.  But they also inspired me.  Some of them had the biggest smiles on their faces, and were laughing and joking with the nurses.  I was rarely laughing or joking when I felt bad, and I even got grumpy about a few things today.  Seeing those people looking so bad but having such great attitudes was a good reality check.

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