Oysters and Pearls

The smell of hospitals in winter,
and the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls.... (counting crow-long december)

Could anything be more true? Lots of slimy creatures drag themselves from the trailer park long enough to cuss, spit and swear at you because they won't be IMMEDIATELY seen by the doctor for the cold symptoms they've drug around for 2 weeks. Fuck off. My chest hurts from smoking crack! Fuck off-you shouldn't even allowed to be seen anywhere for a week! I ran out of money and am going through withdraw from my "tabs" I can only take 10's I am allergic to the 5's. Oh a super fuck off to you!. I just want to climb on top of the security desk and tell them all those lazy worthless slime sucking oyster bastards to fuck off. If they had a job and actually had to pay for their healthcare-they wouldn't use the er as a primary clinic and cure for boredom. Got some aggression? Just go to the ER and swing at the staff-they don't hit back. Well FUCK FUCK FUCK you all! ASSHOLES-everyone! Everyone of those slimy bastards will outlive us all. I'll go to the grave fighting and they will suck whats left of my estate. I hate them. Just when I am counting down the minutes on the triage clock.....in totters a lil' ole man in a brown overcoat, whispy whiskers, pale (oh very pale)but with a twinkle in his bright green eyes.
Finally (and at change of shift) appears a PEARL! Lil' ole man who complains of rib pain a little short of breath-not too bad. doesn't smoke. Just come on all of a sudden like and couldn't get any sleep. Better when he is laying down. No injury-hasn't fallen. traige bp 55/10 pulse 140 WWWHHHOOOOAAA!
Straight to treatment room for you gramps! (oh and a fuck off to the glaring slime of society bitching about being here first-this is not burger king you CANNOT have it your way asshole!)

Anyway....Gramps thanks us for the bed-he stands up he gets dizzy ya know? We scurry all
over like a hive of excited bees (both shifts).....buzzing to get him on the moniter-2 large bore ivs-stat ekg and chest xray....oh and someone tells dr smart ass who is sure this patient can wait till shift change to be seen. (collective eye rolling from every nurse there)...and we drag dr smart ass in the room -actually I pushed him in the rolling chair....

Turns out gramps had a leaky AAA but something bad went soooo goood. He's had a textbook recovery and is expected to be discharged to home! YEAH! I love the pearls!

And for the oyster sitting in the waiting room-he was still there when I left-smiling for once :)
I am sure he survived his cold, went back to his trailer park life and is currently scheming up new ways to fraud the government (aka disability from fake injuries) and manufacture meth in his bathtub.