JAL3
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I was at NE Baptist hospital getting a spinal tap. By that time I was having them twice a month. It was my first time to get it done there, close to my house, as opposed to where it was normally done. I was already nervouse because the equipment seemed like it came right out of "The Flintstones". Everyone had heard about a plane hitting the tower but, like others, all assumed that it was a small plane. I was uncomfortable and nervous since the doc was having trouble getting the needle into the right place.
I was getting the 11th stick of the morning when Dr. Jackson's colleague came in and explained that a second plane had hit the other tower, that they were passenger liners and that something had happened at the pentagon as well.
The top four things you do not want to hear while having a spinal tap were all heard by me that morning.
1. "Doctor, we're running out of needles, do you want me to get some more?"
2. "Doctor, we're running out of novacaine, do you want me to get some more?"
3. "Maybe if I wiggle it just right I can get the needle to slip into the right place this time"
4."America is under attack. We're at war."
I was getting the 11th stick of the morning when Dr. Jackson's colleague came in and explained that a second plane had hit the other tower, that they were passenger liners and that something had happened at the pentagon as well.
The top four things you do not want to hear while having a spinal tap were all heard by me that morning.
1. "Doctor, we're running out of needles, do you want me to get some more?"
2. "Doctor, we're running out of novacaine, do you want me to get some more?"
3. "Maybe if I wiggle it just right I can get the needle to slip into the right place this time"
4."America is under attack. We're at war."