Musings on music, sports, life in general from Quincy, Illinois.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Waiting Rooms

So Sheryl is under the knife as we speak, having surgery on her lower back. 

A long time ago I wrote about health and fitness for The Whig and I was in Blessing Hospital a lot. It became just another place to get stories and do interviews. I always respected the administration at Blessing and the PR folks were top-notch.

Since then I've only had to be here for personal stuff, visiting for the most part, thank goodness. 

I'm in the one-day surgery waiting room and the hostess here is very nice, keeping me updated on the surgery and progress. Apparently the rumors about Sheryl demanding to do the surgery herself were unfounded (huuuuggggeee sigh of relief ...).

There's another young couple sitting here because their son is having surgery. The guy is wearing a St. Louis Children's Hospital sweatshirt, so I suspect they've been through this more than once. They have the concerned but resigned look, veterans of the hurry up and wait routine.

Thank goodness this place has wireless. And there's always the dreaded Space Invaders game on the Blackberry ....

5 comments:

browneyedgirl said...

Hang in there Rman... you're doin' GREAT!! Sheryl's lucky to have you!!!!

Anonymous said...

Waiting rooms are always a great chance to get caught up on your 2007 Time magazines.

Anonymous said...

Prayers for Sheryl and you. Hope all goes well and she is all good real soon.
SBG

SheyFey said...

No - He is going thru Hell! He is an awesome trooper and partner! I didn't know he'd heard those rumours!

chart said...

Blackberry? Have you really caught up? Just a few years ago you were struggling with whether to get an answering machine...