One Machine

...broken, waiting for a part since Wednesday.












Second machine broken yesterday, waiting for parts.







We, of course, arrived fifteen minutes early for yesterday's appointment. When I got to the waiting room, one man was asleep on the couch and two of the three other chairs were occupied. ...at that time of day, I've been pretty much the only patient there.

The staff was stressed and dealing as well as can be expected. The machine used on me groaned more yesterday than it did the day before *shudders* We think they have four machines in that clinic... As I sat waiting, I listened to one woman making call after call canceling appointments for today.

Dr. B is conferencing and not available for our appointment next Monday. He said he thought he'd see us today instead, but that hasn't been confirmed. I volunteered to cancel today's appointment if that would be helpful, but...

I was finally treated an hour later; staff and I were there well after 5:30...

Staff faces are becoming familiar as we're sure ours are to the staff. Leroy blogged today about the downside of jobs, like oncology nurses, wherein they rarely know what's happened to a patient once they move from their care. I think there are a lot of occupations like that, teaching being among them. *shrugs* One of the advantages the hospital personnel have is that they can look things up in a centralized databank.

Just like everywhere we look, some of the faces (both personnel and patient) are friendlier than others; I image that some days our faces are less friendly looking, too...

We had a 5:30 Web Design appointment yesterday afternoon. When I realized what was going on with the treatment schedules, I went out to the Family Waiting Room and told Kevin to leave me at the clinic rather than canceling the appointment. I had a book and the waiting space is comfortable enough. So he went to the appointment without me.

Once we hooked back up, we decided to take ourselves out to dinner to celebrate our Anniversary. Another nice thing about that is that I'm looking forward to seconds for lunch today. *grins*

Here's wishing you a great weekend! *raises a glass of pomegranate juice*

Be well!