Haiku and image by Dan Hardison
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Autumn 2020, Issue 21-2
September 25, 2020
September 4, 2020
Back Again
Cataract surgery is common and routine nowadays, but I had an additional problem. Both corneas had to be repaired through surgery also. So here I was being prepped for my third eye surgery in five months with the prospect of one more to go.
The prep nurse was going over the procedure when the anesthesiologist arrived to introduce herself, “Oh, I remember you. I put you to sleep for your first surgery. It looks like I’ll be doing it again.” Later it occurred to me that it had been five months and many other patients since our paths last crossed. So what was so memorable about the first surgery that she still remembered me?
traveling
a familiar road . . .
forget-me-not
The prep nurse was going over the procedure when the anesthesiologist arrived to introduce herself, “Oh, I remember you. I put you to sleep for your first surgery. It looks like I’ll be doing it again.” Later it occurred to me that it had been five months and many other patients since our paths last crossed. So what was so memorable about the first surgery that she still remembered me?
traveling
a familiar road . . .
forget-me-not
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