Does it Hurt?
The Communist is on a surgical ward, not surprisingly.
He's doing very well: a bit confused the day after the operation, but with one thing on his mind.
"Pass me my stick, I'm going home."
But yesterday and today he's been completely with it mentally, though with slightly slurred speech, which he's aware of - it might be the painkillers, perhaps. And - although he can still feel the leg and the foot that's gone and especially the two toes that gave him so much hell when they were there - the leg isn't hurting him any more. And he's got his sense of humour intact. Which is brilliant.
Now, as I said, it's a surgical ward. People with bits of arms and legs missing being wheeled about on trolleys. Stray kidneys lying about in trays. Unidentified bits of innards under your feet. Blood splashes all over the walls. That kind of thing. So you'd think that the nurses on the ward would be used to it.
As Emily and I visited the Communist today, one of the many lovely nurses stuck her head round the door.
We waited for her to say something important about the Communist's condition, but she didn't. She just stared. At Emily. More to the point, at Emily's facial piercings, of which there are a few. To me, they're just part of Emily and they look great. But the nurse continued to stare, though with interest, not criticism.
After a very long pause, the nurse spoke.
"Don't they hurt, all those piercings?"
Emily thought it was hilarious. There we were, sitting next to a man with half his leg missing, in a ward where every second person has a huge bloodstained wound.
"And she's asking if my PIERCINGS hurt?"
He's doing very well: a bit confused the day after the operation, but with one thing on his mind.
"Pass me my stick, I'm going home."
But yesterday and today he's been completely with it mentally, though with slightly slurred speech, which he's aware of - it might be the painkillers, perhaps. And - although he can still feel the leg and the foot that's gone and especially the two toes that gave him so much hell when they were there - the leg isn't hurting him any more. And he's got his sense of humour intact. Which is brilliant.
Now, as I said, it's a surgical ward. People with bits of arms and legs missing being wheeled about on trolleys. Stray kidneys lying about in trays. Unidentified bits of innards under your feet. Blood splashes all over the walls. That kind of thing. So you'd think that the nurses on the ward would be used to it.
As Emily and I visited the Communist today, one of the many lovely nurses stuck her head round the door.
We waited for her to say something important about the Communist's condition, but she didn't. She just stared. At Emily. More to the point, at Emily's facial piercings, of which there are a few. To me, they're just part of Emily and they look great. But the nurse continued to stare, though with interest, not criticism.
After a very long pause, the nurse spoke.
"Don't they hurt, all those piercings?"
Emily thought it was hilarious. There we were, sitting next to a man with half his leg missing, in a ward where every second person has a huge bloodstained wound.
"And she's asking if my PIERCINGS hurt?"
posted by Daphne at 8:07 pm
2 Comments:
So....do they ?
Actually it's a bit worrying if a nurse doesn't know the answer already.
I mean, what next ? Will one peer round the curtain at your dad and ask "so this leg then.....missing it are ya ?"
Ian
It's bizarre, though... I often see medical professionals with horrible, infected, poorly done lobe and cartilage piercings.
Would you want your leg amputated by anybody who thinks that ear collapse (http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Ear_collapse) is normal???
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