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Every cloud has its silver lining — or its funny moments!  Thursday I had to go back to Memorial Hospital for some more tests.  First was a fasting blood test, earlier in the morning, which consisted of two parts, separated by about an hour; then an echocardiogram later, so we would be at the hospital facilities much of the day.  But there were still “those moments” …

After my first round of blood was drawn, I got an injection that they wanted to see how my body processed, so I had to wait for almost an hour before my next blood draw.  I do not feel well anyway, and then to be fasting several hours into the day, AND get a series of needle pricks – well that just added insult to injury.  I saw a little loveseat by an elevator near the lab area, and just collapsed into it.  There was not another seat nearby, so Cheryl sat in some chairs across the room from me.  Trying to cheer me up, she said to me, “What sounds good to eat when we get out of here?”  Well, I had to think about it for a while.  After a few minutes, I finally said, “You know what sounds good?”  Well, Cheryl didn’t hear me, so she didn’t look up or respond.  I looked up, and a man had just gotten off the elevator, and was looking right at me, thinking I had spoken to him.  He quickly tucked his iPad under his arm and hastily scurried out!  

 Speaking of hasty retreats: while at the hospital, Cheryl stepped into the restroom by the doctor’s office, stopped, and thought: “This is a weird kind of restroom they have here at the hospital …” — then figured out: it was the MEN’S room!  You can imagine how glad she was that is was empty!