Real live conversation with my patient tonight....one whose last name I don't recognize from Joe Schmoe
I head in at midnight to give him pain medicine and check his vital signs. As I'm checking his blood pressure he notices my last name on my nametag....
Pt: Do you have relatives in Iowa?
(I'm thinking he must think I look like someone he knows....)
Me: No...but my husband's from Iowa....he has relatives there.
Pt: What's his name?
Me: (I'm thinking this is weird...where is this going....) Aaron
Pt: What's his Dad's name?
Me: (Ok...this is getting kind of personal...) Dave
Pt: Is he a veterinarian?
Me: (WHOA) Yeah, do you know him?
Pt: A vet at Iowa State, right?
Me: Yeah.....How do you know him? (I'm expecting an answer about some veterinary conference or something....)
Pt: Cuz I used to go to meeting...
Me: Ummm...oh....yeah?! (AWKWARD....what do you say to that?!....Bummer...how come you don't go anymore?)
Pt: Yeah....I know Dave and Judy....used to go to meeting in Webster City....(and he proceeds to list off a bunch of names of Iowa friends....)
And then we talk more about meeting and conventions on the east coast, etc....
WOW.....small small world...what are the odds?
Wonder what he's thinking now.....(well he's sound asleep so I'm sure he's not thinking about the conversation at this exact moment.....but do you spose some wheels are turnin?)
3 comments:
how crazy is that?! (about the conversation)
i hadn't read your blog for a while, so i got to 'catch up'. chloe is sooo cute, i just want to pinch her! (in a lovable way of course) sorry about your lack of sleep lately. i know how it is-i don't work outside the home, but i still have to be "awake" during the day to be sure the older 2 don't start any fires, etc! maybe we'll run into you at noodles sometime. we'd never been to one until this last july, and now we seem to frequent it a lot. the mac n cheese is really tasty for the kids. oh-we were at the mall last tues and saw aaron with chloe. he was being good-walking around with her, while we were hiding in the kids play area, eating coldstone with guilty looks on our faces!
wow, Jami. that gives me chills. you just never know who's watching!
wow, Jami. that gives me chills. you just never know who's watching!
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