 Comedy: January 01, 2014 Issue [#6070] |
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This week: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet! Edited by: Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas  
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Hello, folks and Happy New Year!
A few weeks before Christmas, Web-Lock went in for his last set of three shots for his chronic and severe back problems. The shots are never a pleasant thought for him and even worse to experience.
Since he's hearing impaired, he cannot communicate with the doctor administering the steroid injections, thus, I am able to go into the room with him to relate any questions the doctor might have. I can be close to his face so he can read my lips as well as use the signals we normally use to communicate something.
However, there was a change in plans on the last visit. WL decided that since his back pain had been extra vicious lately, he would prefer a sedated procedure this time. The Doc agreed and all seemed right with the world. I was told that he would be asleep and wouldn't need me in the room when they administer the shots. They use a fluoroscope and figured they had all bases covered.
I was happy he would have a more comfortable experience and I'd have a chance to catch-up on my reading while he underwent the procedure.
A couple chapters later, just as the plot thickened, I noticed more activity in that office. One nurse ran out and entered a side room, while another went behind the nurses station. A voice on the intercom called out a number and mentioned his doctor's name. Hmmmm, Web-Lock must be causing some kind of ruckus in there.
More "aid" came past me and into the surgical suite area. Nobody said a word to me, so I went back to reading. Soon, patients in the waiting room started complaining that their appointments had long passed the scheduled time.
Somehow I knew it was Web-Lock causing all the ruckus, so I kept my nose to the book and tried to think positive thoughts. However, I stayed on the same page for the next ten minutes. An elderly couple decided not to wait any longer and told the desk nurse they would be leaving and not coming back.
Oh, no! New patients are leaving without getting their treatment. This doctor is the best in the area, too. I felt like running out the door after them and begging them to come back inside and wait a little longer. I had this guilty feeling that WL was the reason and I should do all I can to save these hurting patients.
Just as that urge was beginning to develop in my brain, a nurse came out to the waiting room and summoned me into the recovery room. On the way, she told me that WL had suffered a bad reaction to the sedative he received. She said it affected him in the opposite way it should have. Instead of being calm and sleeping, he was awake and active. Awake would be a strong word because the sedation did put him in and out of consciousness. It was in this sleep-walk-like state, that WebLock put on the greatest stage play of his life!
The nurse asked if I would help calm him down in the recovery room, since they needed to get a blood pressure reading and he kept pulling off the cuff.
I touched his face and he opened his eyes and connected with mine. He knew I was there, he calmed down while I spoke to him slowly and distinctively so he could read my lips. He grabbed me and pulled me practically on top of him; although it was all quite decent, as I had one foot on the floor.  I told the nurse to "cuff him" as I took his arm from around me and held it out. Then I was able to stand on both feet again explaining to him the necessity of having his blood pressure taken. But, as soon as the cuff started to squeeze again, he pulled it off his arm. 
Meanwhile, he felt some of the sleepiness in between the agitation and closed his eyes. Another nurse placed that white, clippy thing on his finger to check his oxygen saturation. As soon as he felt it on his finger, he brought it to his mouth and started chewing on it. I told the nurse I'd better not lean over him to far, I wouldn't want this hungry, half-asleep man trying to chew on something else. 
It wasn't long after that scene unfolded did he start to revive--a little. He called one of the nurses over and said to her "Bachman Turner Overdrive." She responded with a laugh and said to me, "He gave us quite a performance on the surgical table, singing and dancing."
I responded, "Taking Care of Business?" The nurse nodded, and said, "yup."
"Did he also do his rendition of You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet?"
"He certainly did!" I pictured him in his Superman underwear, doing his best American Idol act.
"It took four of us to hold him down so the doctor could administer the shots. I think it would be wise, WW to let other physicians know of his reverse reaction to these sedatives. Although we must admit, he put a bit of excitement in an otherwise uneventful morning." Yeah, and you've got a few angry patients coming up next. Oh, Web-Lock, I can't wait until we get home and I tell you about your little adventure, today! 
Folks, he didn't remember a thing about his hi jinx of that morning. However, both of us broke out into laughter for the next few days, just thinking about it.
Well, I've got go take care of business ...
That's all she wrote for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter.
Until next time--laugh hard, laugh often!
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April Sunday 
Hi WebWitch, Caught your "intentional or unintentional" remark re: contests -- maybe me: such Xmas Writing Competiton's intro. Which invite EVERYONE to enter. Well, Hon, if TEFFs working it, oh ... it's meant to impress by stimulating that clamorous, patient laughter gene. Which, iffen you ask moi ... needs more smile. Daily works. Oh, if only ... ah a Christmas Wish for DEC, me thinks.EHACS #1190255 ready, willing to receive Xmas Comedy once more. Merry ON!
I hope you got lots of humorous entries for your contest, Teff. 
BIG BAD WOLF is Merry 
It's always fun to spend Christmas with the family. "Family Christmas"
That depends on the family!
LJPC - the tortoise
Hi WW! Loved your newsletter. I wish you good luck on the hunt completely innocent outing which may or may not take you in the vicinity of Christmas stores or tree-sellers. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas! 
~ Laura
Thank you, Laura! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and will enjoy a fabulous new year. 
brom21 
Martha Stewart is okay, without the evil that is. I think a little replica of Martha Stewart in a window would be quite…unique I guess. I’m not sure if my family will be doing Christmas tree. I just can’t stand those tree hustlers at those outside tents. Thank goodness for fake trees! I enjoyed your little situation that you shared. Have a funny Christmas!
Thanks for the feedback, Brom! I agree, those fake trees are convenient. However, WW always finds a way to make the simple, complicated.
drjim
ALRIGHT!!! ALRIGHT!! Now WW, everyone...and I mean EVERYONE k-n-o-w-s by now who you mean by saying "You know who" and I thought oh heck, I better get back into The Program (otherwise known as 'The Hunt'). Indeed, WebSon did miraculous pyrotechnic displays with lights that took 48 hours to apply, but 480 hours to take down!! With shears and sweat off the brow, removing 200 square miles of twinkle lites was not unlike shearing a sheep of its wool!! All those branches and needles!! On the Home Front, getting the Faux Fir tree was a doozy enough, but I thought FIR SURE you'd be hunting some palm trees before long. Dreaming of ways to apply lites to those but....this could be a job for WebSon!!!! YES!!!! In the CLUTCH!!!
So happy you agreed, WL! Palm trees can be a challenge to decorate. And, we didn't have Web-Son's help for the illumination process.  Now for next Christmas, I have this idea ...
Thanks for the feedback, folks! We editors really appreciate it. 
See you at the end of the month.
WW
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