Welcome to Dreams of a CrackerJack Nurse.
Pushing
through the crowd of bikers holding signs in front of the hospital,
I'm glad there is a breeze coming from that golden-gray cloud over
the sunrise.
The I.V. Line from the I.V. Bag is trailing behind me
and I fear a dirty biker is going to step on it. But no matter how
much I loop the line around my elbow, part of it keeps trailing over
the pavement and rocks. I must get this I.V. to a patient! Probably
a pediatric patient, I think, as I realize for the first time the
tubing is pink with little glitters on it.
I
look over at the pint-sized pink refrigerators on the sidewalk and
notice they have been converted to outdoor toilets.
The
X-ray tech is staring at me through a hospital window. He looks
unhappy about me, but it doesn't bother me since he is stupid.
Inside
the revolving door (I'm amazed! How do we get stretchers through
revolving doors?!!?) I notice the X-ray guy is giving patients
pedicures. I cannot believe I am a patient getting a pedicure! The
X-ray guy is very rough. I wonder if he is the one they fired over
that little girl.
Suddenly
I remember my son, Riley. He is having his tonsils out, probably
right now! And I was bringing him a Popsicle or something. I panic,
and hurry down the wide dimly lit hall looking for an elevator to the
4th Floor where the Operating Room is. I see about twelve
elevators. I start getting dizzy. I want to ride in the elevator
with another person so I don't lose my mind if we get stuck in a
box.
But everybody gets their own elevator.
Maybe
I could walk the stairs, but then everybody would know I 'm stupid.
I
press a button on one of the many elevators. I don't want it to come
but it comes.
The elevator doors open revealing that it is not level. I can
only see 1/3rd of the elevator and the rest is a deep dark
shaft. I will have to climb up to even get into the elevator. Not
only am I dizzy, I stagger around.
I
see a cook with a tray of food.
“Going
up?” I ask.
“Nope.
Going down.”
Nausea
awakens me as I stare into the darkness.
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CrackerJack Nurse
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