All In a Day's Work

Dear Diary,

I had a pretty eventful day today. Well, one event to speak of really. I got a call from Satchi to pick Brian up from the hospital because he could be discharged today. Brian slipped on some ice and broke his ankle and got admitted about two days before. Obligated to carry out my V.Presidential duties, I set off to liberate our homeboy from his incarceration.

So I went to pick him up. Well, it wasn’t really as simple as that. I had to park my car and go up to his room to let him know that I was there and a whole lot more. I got there and he called the nurse to check him out. Five minutes passed and no one showed up. We paged the nurse again. Fifteen minutes and still no show. Eventually, it took about 4 pages, 2 visits to the receptionist and 40 minutes of waiting before the nurse came.

While waiting for Brian to be checked out, I was nosing around the hospital room. Everything was so cool. Hospitals here are so much better than the ones back home. Each ward had a Dell computer with LCD screen for EACH patient complete with internet access.

The safety features there were pretty mind-blowing too. Emergency door unlockers, security cameras for each bed, and the list goes on. I also learned that they even have a hospital chapel where they actually conduct catholic and protestant services! Oh, and the craziest thing is that they actually have an in-house school with qualified K-12 teachers. Incredible!!

So after the long wait, came another one. Brian was checked out and all they gave him was a pair of crutches to make his way to the elevators which were a couple of corridors away. Fantastic. It was an eternity I tell you. But I could tell that Brian was getting the workout of his life. He could have easily lost about 20-30 pounds that very moment. Oh, and getting 200 pound Brian up about 6 flights of stairs was no joke either. I wont mention what happened here.

I’m usually a really fast walker. Even when shopping with Mom I usually leave her a several feet behind me. *Grin. So I guess this was a very good lesson for me. This event was a test of long suffering, patience and everything in between. What I did tonight was definitely the most selfless thing I’ve done in a very long time. Boy, does it feel good.