Being in a hospital really screws with your sleep. When you can sleep you get woken up by a nurse to check up on you. Then they usually ask if you have trouble sleeping.
You get so bored you find yourself watching anything on your tablet to induce sleep from documentaries on McDonald’s fast food packaging to looking up English footballer Chopper Harris. All of this is in a bid to scrape together some sleep and kick today over to tomorrow, marking another day of healing.
For some reason one night my mind wandered over to the subject of tongue twisters. I remember one my Grade Four teacher introduced in class. It was: Mrs Smith’s Fish Sauce Shop said the shiny sign. I have never seen that particular one since.
The things one remembers . . .
A book series?
ReplyDeleteJust dig deep into everything you get a chance to.
ReplyDeleteIt's impossible to get a good night's sleep in an acute care hospital. It would be ironic if it weren't so tragic, given the importance of rest and sleep to healing. Hospitals are a chaotic madhouse all the time. Once you're over at the Glenrose, it should improve though. Rehab's a lot quieter and calmer, I've heard.
ReplyDeleteI've never understood the need for medical people to wake up a patient who is finally getting some sleep. McD's fast food packaging documentary is likely akin to watching grass grow but whatever works. Could you download books onto your tablet?
ReplyDeleteExcellent. You’re doing great, Dale. Let your body heal. Try and get some sun on the better days. How are your hands? Can you play cards?
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