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Quotes
These are a couple of Quotes from doctors;
“You are like an old car we are trying to keep on the road.”
“You are an enigma. With the situa on being mysterious and puzzling it is a real
challenge for my medical team.”
They tell me they admire my pa ence when I go for one night’s infusion and stay for
a month and a day.
Also, this quote could sum me up, “My mind writes out complicated cheques that
my body cannot cash.” In other words, my mind thinks I can do all these things, but
my lungs will not let me.
“Are they pu
ng you on Industrial Strength Methyl Prednisolone?”
This is because you are o en on 10 mg and I was given 5000 mg IV over five days
trying to supress my lung issues enough to breathe.
Other incidences: Our Accountant, Rachelle Spyker, came down to the farm one day
when I was trying to undo a plas c cap off the boom spray filter and the plas c on
plas c was not going to budge. Rachelle said put some WD40 on there. I said, “I
wasn’t sure if that would help.” When I did it came off easily. Her Dad was a
mechanic. This is now a standard joke between us with her sending me 101 ways to
use WD40.
Another one was when I had Sep caemia and in the isola on room for three weeks.
I had the blood Lady Maria come to take my blood daily. I would say, “G’day Maria.”
The next month I a ended their Lab for a blood test and Maria was behind the
counter. I said, “G’day Maria”. She looked at me, then looked down at my name and
said, “Oh, I have only seen you in bed”. Linley jokingly said that doesn’t sound too
good, we all had a good laugh and been friends ever since.
Another was when I went to the emergency department in Katanning and an
Agency male nurse said to me, “obviously, Saint Peter doesn’t want you yet”. He
said when he was nursing in Albany, he had a long white beard a ending to a lady
who was coming out of anaesthe c. She looked up at him and said, “who are you?”
He said, “I’m Peter, but it is Saint Peter to you” and this poor woman thought she
had gone to Heaven.
There are many incidences like these that give you a laugh and help you cope when
you are down.
The nursing staff at The Mount are a very happy team. Some are very special
friends.
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