Gaining Perspective.

I grew up never having broken any bones and no real emergencies, so hospitals were kind of mysterious to me. They were exciting, fast paced, and the only one I was familiar with had George Clooney playing Dr. Doug Ross in it. I envisioned the day when I would get to visit one first hand, limbs cut off, bleeding out and Dr. Carter pulling out the crash cart in the waiting room. And then my life changed, my dad was diagnosed with a neurological disorder, he started falling and thus started the visits to the ER and the hospitals.

The last time Dad and I were at Hopkins we sat in the waiting room for five hours and I came to a conclusion, this isn’t fun. This isn’t exciting. Actually it sucks. People in hospitals are sick. People in hospitals come because they need serious help from medical professionals. And unfortunately these last few years I have spent may days in the ER, and at hospitals. I don’t think it gets any easier, but it is comforting to know Dad is at John’s Hopkins, one of the best hospitals in the nation.

Tomorrow we are taking him for his pre-surgery anesthesiology consultation in preparation for Monday and Tuesday. I’m a little nervous, and certainly not looking forward to going but hopefully this surgery pushes things in the right direction. I’m going to be out of the office tomorrow, Friday through Wednesday, and answering all emails when I get back.

I shot this image last time we were at Hopkins, right before the security guard told me I couldn’t take pictures…I may or may not have complied with his warnings.