Things Overheard At Summitt, Or Why I Am Gonna Kill Brahms
"My throat hurts. Can I have some morpine?"
*brahms lullaby over the intercom*
"I'm really tired of potato salad. My mom makes it all the time."
"Yeah, my dad ran over a cat this weekend. Runned the truck right OVER its head. So of course I hadta go pick that thing up by its tail and just flung it into the woods sose they ain't gotta look at it no more. Damn shame too. That-un 'as a good cat. He had him some personality."
*brahms lullaby over the intercom*
"Do you have diabetes?" (said about 90 times)
"Are you Missus Kobble?" (Also said about 90 times)
*brahms lullaby over the intercom*
"What side is it on?"
*brahms lullaby over the intercom*
Apparently every time a baby is born at Summit, they play "brahms' lullaby" over the intercom. Between early Sunday morning and late Monday afternoon, I believe that 864,000 babies were born at Summitt Medical Center. I was there, having another kidney stone extracted (in what I like to call, privately, a "snatch-and-grab" ha!). Judging by conversations heard in the ER, I was one of at least 3 stone passers on Sunday.
I think they should play "We Will Rock You" over the intercom for every stone that is passed. It's only fair.
posted by Kat Coble @ 6:59 AM
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11 Comments:
For a hospital soundtrack howzabout,
Stone Free
And It Stoned Me
Like A Rolling Stone
"How does it feeeeeel?"
Hang in there, Kat!
they'll stone you when lying in your bed..they'll stone you and leave you for dead..
whoops, maybe that one is not so good.
I've been where you are Kat, and I can remember your pain. I'm not going so far as to feel your pain, because i just don't want to re-live that shining moment.
A couple of years ago when my grandmother was having surgery at Centennial we noticed a song being played every so often, though I never heard it well enough to identify which song, when we inquired about it the nurses said it played everytime a baby was born at Centennial. (Must be a Tri-Star thing) Anyway, several months later, I gave birth to my son at Centennial and not once did I hear that song being played. They must know better than do to something that potentially annoying where new parents are walking around dazed, confused and sleep-deprived!
Every time a stone is passed, an angel gets their wings.
Now there's a nice thought.
Well, at least it wasn't "Don't Fear the Reaper."
I wish I could Digg posts on your blog... this one's definitely a thumbs up.
Good lord and Mick Jagger....I'm so sorry you had to go through that whole shebang. Hope you're feeling better.
Yeowch!
Sending peaceful thoughts your way, ma'am.
I think that they should play "Stones in my passway" by Robert Johnson
"I got stones in my passway, and my road seem dark as night
I got stones in my passway, and my road seem dark as night
I have pains in my heart, they have taken my appetite."
Kat, I hope you are feeling better.
Went through something similar to this and I know what you mean about the pain of it all.
Take care of yourself.
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