“Good morning John. How are you
feeling?” The nurse said.
“I didn’t sleep well.” He
responded.
“It’s a dark dreary day, very
overcast. No breeze flowing. Very still.” While she was checking IV drops, and
temperature, and pulse. Everything checks out okay.
“Let me assist you to the
bathroom. You will feel better once you get up.” The nurse tells him.
She takes him to the bathroom and helps him onto the
toilet. She tells him to pull the cord on the wall by the toilet when he is
done. While he is in the bathroom he starts thinking about Catherine. I hope my brother and Catherine get along
well, he thought to himself. I thin they went out to a nice restaurant for
dinner. He then pulls the cord and waits for the orderly.
The orderly comes into the bathroom to get John. He has
him sit in a wheel chair. John’s leg is starting to ache. He puts his foot up
on the rest. They are moving him to his room # 12.
“The nurse will be in here
shortly.” The orderly says.
“I hope it won’t be too long,
I’m starting to feel pain.” John said.
The orderly leaves the room and the nurse comes in.
“How are you John? My name is
Kimie; I’ll be taking care of you. Let’s get you into your bed. Shall I turn on
the TV?” she then asks.
“Yes that would be nice.” John
said. John was watching her she was pleasingly plump. She had a very nice smile
and soft spoken. She wore a pale peach top with balloons prints on the
material. Her slacks were a pale peach on her feet/ she wore white nurses’
shoes. She had a very long blond pony tail.
John asks for something for pain. She says the doctor has
written an order for him to have as often as necessary. She told him that she
would also bring him some broth and water. He would only have to sip it, to see
how his stomach was taking food.
“I’ll go get your medication
for you.” She says.
John takes the remote off the table next to him and
starts scanning through the TV programs. He finds an oldies station. It was Bonanza.
He thought that would be good as he hasn’t seen it in years. He liked western
books and movies.
A young man from the kitchen brought his dinner. The man
checked John’s name and room number to make sure he had the right tray of food.
Kimie the nurse came with his pill. He swallowed it with some water. He didn’t
feel much like eating.
“You need to get to get well”.
She said.
She told him to try to sip some of the chicken
broth. John thought it tasted pretty good. Kimie asked him about his leg, and
what had happened to him. John told her he got hurt on the job. The doctor he
had didn’t do a very good job of fixing it. The surgeon he had not thinks he
will be 90% better.
John
asked her if she had a family. She told him she had a little 3 year old
daughter. Her mother was living with them out in the country. Her husband had
been killed in a car accident.
“Are you settled now?” The
nurse asked.
“Yes I feel a little better
than I did when I woke up.” John replied.
“Every day you will feel
better. It takes time. Don’t rush it. I’ll leave you to your program. I’ll look
in on you later.” The nurse said.
“Before you go I want to share
something special with you”. John said. He thought he should teach her how to
be a better mother.
“Dose your daughter knows how
to count from 1 to 100? My friend came up with a system of learning poetry. I
would like to assist you to in learning the way he had explained to me. Please
repeat after me.” John said.
“Zero, zero, zero, you are my
hero.” John said. The nurse repeated and laughed.
“How wonderful” she said.
“What have I to do next?” The
then asked.
John told her to select a number from 1 to 10 and then
she picked 3. John rhymed saying three three three where is the tree. Again he
asked her for another number. She said 4. John replied with another rhyme, four
four four open the door. The nurse repeated and then gave a belly laugh.
“I can select any number and rhyme.” She said.
Now the nurse created a poem and wrote it down. Like the
following:
Two,
Two, Two, I’m going with you.
Five,
Five, Five, where is the bee hive.
Six,
Six, Six can you pick up the sticks?
Seven
Seven, Seven, are you in heaven?
Eight,
eight, eight, can I have a date?
Nine,
Nine, Nine, can you see the pine tree?
Ten,
Ten, Ten, can you pick up the pen?
Now you
know zero to ten!
At 10 o’clock John’s brother came to see him. He had a
hand full of balloons, which he tied on the foot side of the bed. He looked
like Mary Poppins. He gave John a big hug and asked him how he felt. He said
well than when he had woken up. He told him the weather had fit his mode. John
took a closer look at his brother and thought how nice he looked. He had on a
short sleeve white shirt with navy blue trousers. With his tan from being out
doors he looked like a model. He had the blond hair like his dad. On his feet
he had sandals of black leather.
“How’d you sleep in my guest
room?” John asked.
He said he had seen a few ghosts hovering over the bed.
Catherine came to see John She felt brave and gave him a little hug. Brother
thought there was something going on between them two.
“I’m so happy the surgery went
well, what’s the next step?” John asked.
“You will need therapy maybe
the surgeon will send you to our clinic for physical therapy.” Brother giggles with that remark.
“You two working together ha
ha!” He laughed.
Catherine got shy and said she
had to go to work.
By G&G 2011-12,
By G&G 2011-12,
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