Is The Patient In?

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August 15th, 2010

A short tap-tapping at the door as I’m leaving my room to make the mile lap around the ward reveals a couple candy-stripers with The Cart. One can purchase chocolate, salty snacks, little games, weekly news magazines or maybe some illicit drugs if you know the right code words. You can’t get Belgian beer or […]

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A short tap-tapping at the door as I’m leaving my room to make the mile lap around the ward reveals a couple candy-stripers with The Cart. One can purchase chocolate, salty snacks, little games, weekly news magazines or maybe some illicit drugs if you know the right code words. You can’t get Belgian beer or pizza from The Cart; I’ve checked.

The two young ladies, hardly twenty, look at me then peek into my room and ask, “Is the patient here, he may want to buy something.”

Moments later, the nurses on the ward comment on how fast I’m walking those laps and how robust I look.

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