If i have to go to the hospital one more time this week...

this was my first official week as an intern here. by "first official" i mean my first week to be here and co-lead a team with fellow intern Remi (aka Eric). fortunately we did not have to take any of our crew to the hospital... however... i have become close friends with the doctors and nurses at the Hancock Medical Center. on thursday morning Tom awoke with an upset stomach... more than likely from the water that he was given the day before at the Orleans Parish Prison (he had been arrested for "wreckless driving" by a New Orleans officer... Tom, I'll let you explain that one...) after returning to the main facility from working offsite later in the afternoon, i noticed Tom was sitting on the steps of the bathroom. his upset stomach had gave evidence from both ends since around 10am. my parents and sister had just driven down that morning for a stint of volunteer work. after receiving very strick instruction from my mother i took Tom to the emergency room. Tom, being the unbelievably positive person that he is, was still cracking jokes. while wrapped in blackets in his freezing E.R. room looked at me and whispered, "i see dead people." he ended up staying two nights there at the hospital, injected with 5000 CC's of saline, phenegren, and too many other medications to name. Fortunately he his back and ready to go!
once wasn't enough... my sister called me around 12:30am last night to tell me that she had fallen at our friends Andy and Cami's house and had was sure that she had broken her leg. clumsiness runs in the family... thanks Mom. after having her xrays, the doctor told her that the inside back bone in her left ankle was broken... apparently a very "unusual" break... again a family trait.
fortunately everyone else is alive and well for now. hopefully we will all continue to be. so... to those of you here or on their way: let me know if you need to go to the hospital... i'm on a first name basis with the staff.