Steady As She Goes!

It's not the end of this day but not sure what else there will be to write about today. Kim is entirely "unplugged" or maybe its all systems are go...sorry. I'll leave it at that but she's been up and out of the bed 9 times today and its about 3 pm. Undergoing 2 major surgeries in 6 days means you do a number of the normal things of life by remote, like eat, get your meds, and other normal activities, then you have to restart all those normal functions. She's doing just great but its steady as she goes.
There's a number of things we're learning about the people here and their ways. Virtually all the staff on our floor and there's nurses, food guys, security, guys who clean the rooms etc, all of them speak at least some English, some better than others. What English they know is proper English but here's some of what they don't get. They don't understand our humor, puns, idioms, or sarcasm, which means pretty much everything we say. One of the nurses was getting ready to hook up a new batch of the IV painkiller which went in constant for a couple of days. She was having a bit of trouble and Kim said, "go ahead and give me the juice." The attending nurse dropped what she was holding, ran to the fridge and grabbed a box of juice. Another nurse was in to take her temperature following surgery #2 and I the comment, "I think you should take it rectally." Well, a few minutes later, guess what she showed up with...you got it...a proper rectal thermometer. Too funny. Kim had to convince her I was only joking.
They didn't understand the term "picky" either. For the first few days Kim would remark with, "I'm sorry I'm being so picky" about this or that. They never did get it. We had to come up with other descriptive words like "difficult." What else...nobody takes the stairs in the hospital. I've found its one of the best ways to go when its busy. Everybody crams into the elevator and sometimes the wait is fairly long. Nobody takes the stairs but me.
As hot as it is here...and its now the winter season at 94 degrees today...almost nobody wears a hat or shorts. I wear my shorts on our floor, #7, but when I'm going downstairs or for a walk down the street I wear my jeans. There's certainly more peculiarities to talk about but I'll save it for another time. Things are good here. Kim's up and down, walking back and forth and resting in between. Dr Malhan came back to check in. Some people came by from the States to interview us for a piece they're doing on "medical tourism." I was at the gym with my trainer, who I call the Indian version of Jethro Bodine. Made it there for only 30 rupees today and walked back. All in all, a good day. Somebody send me some El-Toro take out, would you or a Pops burger or a turkey sandwich! I saw a Fedex truck today.

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