HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 7 VOL 13
AUGUST 7TH 2008
WEATHER; NOT SO HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 74/99 DEGREES
WENT TO THE VA TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC! I’VE NOW GOT A NEW 4 WHEEL WALKER WITH, HAND BRAKES, A SEAT THAT FOLDS DOWN TWO WHEEL LOCKS A BASKET AND SOME OTHER STUFF I HAVEN’T FOUND YET!
WE ALSO HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS WHO IS ASSIGNED TO MY CASE! I JUST MENTIONED THE HP-2000 HAND TESTER WE INVENTED/DEVELOPED AND HE LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMS TREE ESPECIALLY WHEN I RELATED SOME OF THE FEATURES TO HIM LIKE BEING ABLE TO TEST AND TELL WHERE CARPAL TUNNEL COULD DEVELOP! AND THE FACT THAT IT CAN PICK OUT THOSE WHO ARE FAKING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME! HE GAVE US HIS PHONE NUMBER AND WE’RE TO CALL HIM TO SET UP AN APOINTMENT WITH HIM, HIS WIFE, SHE’S A NURSE, MOM AND I AND JIM HARMON AT HARMON’S PLACE! HE WANTS TO SEE THE TABLE, THE TUBE AND ANYTHING ELSE JIM HAS BUILT AND USES!
THEY’RE INTO “HOMEOPATHIC” MEDICINES LIKE HARMON IS! ONLY JIM TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER AND GETS INTO “FAITH HEALING” WHICH THEY KNOW ABOUT!
ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE
RIGHT AFTER I WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AIR FORCE I HAD AND APPENDIX ATTACK AND THEY TOOK ME FROM THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD HDQTRS AT LOCKHEED AIR TERMINAL TO MARCH AFB IN RIVERSIDE, CA. ABOUT 60-70 MILES IN A WWII AMBULANCE! I NEVER LOOKED UNDER ONE OF THESE AMBULANCES BUT I DON’T BELIEVE THERE’S ONE SPRING IN THE SUSPENSION! THE TRIP TOOK 3 HOURS AFTER WE GOT ON HIGHWAY 66! THEY DID SOME TEST AND RUSHED ME INTO SURGERY! I ASKED THE DOCTOR IF I COULD WATCH AND HE HAD THE NURSE SET UP A MIRROR ABOVE THE CLOTH CURTAIN THEY PUT BETWEEN YOU FACE AND THE OPERATION! THE DOCTOR MADE THE FIRST CUT AND WAS GOING TO TRY AND TAKE THE APENDIX OUT WITHOUT MAKING A BIG LONG CUT AND LEAVING ME WITH A BAD LOOKING SCAR BUT, IN THE PROCESS HE LOOKED UP INTO THE MIRROR AND ASKED ME IF I WAS A SWIMMER TO WHICH I ANSWERED YES! HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN SO MUCH STOMACH MUSCLE! HE FINALLY FOUND THE APENDIX AND DID HIS THING TO GET IT OUT! THEY TOLD ME IF I’D BEEN 2 HOURS LATER IT WOULD HAVE BURST AND I COULD HAVE DIED OF PERITONITIS (WHICH IS WHAT KILLED RUDOLPH VALENTINO)!
THE NURSE BROUGHT IT IN A BOTTLE AND LET ME SEE IT BEFORE THEY SENT IT OFF TO A LABORATORY FOR TEST!
TO REALLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE THEY PUT ME IN A 50 BED WARD FULL OF HEMORID PATIENTS AND THEY HAD JOKES GOING TILL AFTER LIGHTS OUT AND ME UNABLE TO LAUGH HARD, I COULD SNICKER AND THAT WAS ALL! AFTER TWO DAYS I GOT UP ONE NIGHT AND WENT FOR A WALK DOWN THE HALL, THRU DOUBLE DOORS AND INTO THE SWIMMING POOL AREA! I TESTED THE WATER TEMPERATURE WITH MY HAND AND IT WS NICE AND WARM SO I TOOK OFF MY ROBE AND SLIPPED INTO THE WATER ON THE STEPS AT THE SHALLOW END OF THE POOL IN MY SHORTS!
ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD SOME ONE HALF YELLING, “MAHONEY, HERE ARE YOU?” I WORKED MY WAY OUT OF THE POOL AND GOT MY ROBE ON WHEN TWO MEDICS CAME THRU THE DOORS AND ONE OF THEM YELLED, ‘HERE HE IS, IN THE POOL AREA!”
THE NURSE CAME RUNNING IN THINKING I HAD FALLEN IN AND WHEN SHE SAW ME STANDING WITH THE TWO MEDICS SHE CAME OVER AND SAID SHE WAS GOING TO REPORT ME IN THE MORNING FOR LEAVING MY BED WITHOUT PRMISSION!
I WENT TO MY BED AND GOT A CLEAN DRY PAIR OF SHORTS OUT OF MY LOCKER AND CLIMBED INTO BED! SHE CAME BY LATER AND ASKED ME IT I HAD GONE IN THE WATER AND I SAID, YES AND IT REALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD! SHE REPLACED THE BANDAGE ON THE INCISION AND I WENT TO SLEEP! SHE NEVER DID REPORT ME AND IN LATER YEARS THEY DEVELOPED “HYDROTHERAPY” AND THE “WHIRLPOOL” WE HAVE TODAY! I’M NOT SURE BUT I LIKE TO THINK MAYBE MY LITTLE TRIP TO THE SWIMMING POOL AND WHAT I TOLD THE NURSE ABOUT HOW IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD COULD HAVE STARTED SOMEBODY TO THINKING!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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