Humor in the Hospital

These are true stories. Exact dates, times and names may be changed to protect the guilty - lol.

1992 - A family member was in the ER and had an IV inserted in his arm. We waited and waited for a doctor to return to let us know what was going on. This family member has a weird sense of humor and decided to reinact a scene from the movie "AIRPLANE". He dangling his arm around and thrashed in the bed causing the IV to sway. If you do not know the movie you won't find the humor but trust me, it was funny.

1994 - Went to the ER with heart palpitations. After the doctor talked to me and put me on O2 he had to leave for a few minutes. In an Arnold Schwartzen.....(not sure how to spell his name) voice the doctor said "I'll be back." At the time it was not funny to hear a "TERMINATOR" voice as I was very afraid I had had or was having a heart attack. But looking back, it was funny.

Late 1990's - The same (weird sense of humor) family member had cataract surgery. He had been given some powerful medication. While he was in recovery we was jabbering. When the nurse came in, he asked her (in a very serious voice) "Can I have a quart of this stuff to go?" The nurse had no sense of humor whatsoever and in a much more serious and firm voice said "Oh NO! This is a very powerful medication. You CANNOT have any of it." Come on nursey. He was high on the medication and you are taking him seriously - think again.

2001 - Family member had a stroke and was in the hospital for a long time. She was frequently being moved from one room to another. The moves were so frequent that we "threatened" (use the term loosely) to leave a trail of breadcrumbs so others could find their way to us.

2004 - Again, the same (weird......) family member broke his hand at work. He was out of work for a month or so and needed to visit the doctor frequently. On one particular doctor visit he was asked "Why are you hear?" He said "I have a broken hand." He was then asked "Which hand?" Are you kidding me? He walked in with a bright blue cast on his hand and his hand held up. The person asked the questions "why....?" and "which....." "Here's your sign!"

During this same visit, a resident asked how he was doing. He responded that he was doing okay considering he had been bowling and using a jackhammer at work. The resident had no sense of humor and began lecturing him. Again, are you kidding me? There was no way that he could have lifted a bowling ball much less put his fingers in the holes (you could not even see his fingers) and of course there was no way he could have use a jackhammer (not to mention that he would never use one in his job). "Here's your sign."

Stay tuned for more Humor in the Hospital. I am sure there will be more hospital visits or stays therefore we will try to find the humor in the hospital.