All In The Family

   We found ourselves back in the
Emergency Room at Hershey
yesterday.
 It's not the place where
rejected Hershey Kisses are
remelted to be reformed.
 It is, rather, the Hospital
Emergency Room at the Penn
State Hershey Medical
Center.
 Our journey began with a
regularly scheduled
appointment for my wife six
weeks after her foot surgery
to remove a very large bunion
on her left foot.
 That foot has been healing
fairly well....EXCEPT...for
as egg-like hematoma that
appeared not long after her
surgical bandages were
removed.
 I just thought the doctors
moved her bunion from
the side of her foot to the top!
 The nurses and doctors
didn't agree. And some 4 weeks
after it was discovered
several arrived at a consensus
that something had to be done
about it.
 This all stems from 'Elective
surgery.
 I had voted 'No.'
 My wife and daughter voted 'Yes.'
 Archie had Edith and Gloria.
 I have Leona and Missy.
 Back to the Emergency Room.
 Hours come and go.
 So do doctors.
  One had me worried when he said
he was bring in the 'Dopplar Unit.'
 I couldn't see why the weather
would have any affect on our
situation.
 Actually the unit turned out
to be a device that detects
the beat of your blood through
your system. They use it to
hear a baby's heartbeat inside
the womb.  
 Since there was little to no
chance that the lump in my wife's
foot was caused by a misplaced
infant they came to the conclusion
her problem had to do with an
artery inside the appendage.
 Around Midnight we were taken
to a Hospital room to await surgery
either early in the morning, during
the day, or some other day.
 Leona got a bed.
 Missy and I got reclining chairs
that didn't work very well. We all
got about 3 hours of a near sleep like
condition that was broken by
occasional nurse and
physician visits.
 Between last Friday and today we
spent as estimated 27 hours waiting
until I decided to get a hotel room
to shower and change and then head
back for the next saga in our
adventure.
 Whatever happens we have
learned that everyone at the hospital
is like family.
 They don't seem to be talking
to each other and no one seems to
want to make a decision.
 No wonder Archie bought the tavern!
 Get some rest and here's hoping all
your NEWS is good!