What Would Jimmy Buffett Do? in Life After 60

  • June 6, 2019, 1:55 p.m.
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My WWJD bracelet these days is actually a “This Is The Day” bracelet from Tim Tebow! It was a gift for reading and publishing my review of his book, “This Is The Day.” But enough of that.
WWJD. What Would Jimmy Buffett Do? Have a hurricane before I go insane. A hurricane is a sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice, and passion fruit syrup. ( I had to look it up!) No wonder Jimmy is happy all the time. A couple of those and I wouldn’t care much what happens during the day.
Thursdays (or should that be Thristdays?) are my busy day. Along with my daily journal entries, I finishing prepping for my podcast, get my Facebook ad live, and work on my websites. And If I am feeling generous I take an online class. And then there is my music. I love music. Always have. Give me a great melodic line and a moonrise on a beach somewhere I think I could be happy.
In a former life, I worked as a nursing assistant at a local hospital. You soon learn so people have no filters. I am told to go check on a female patient whose heart monitor is not registering. Always mindful of the evergrowing, “He touched me inappropriately” lawsuits from 40 years ago, I introduced myself and told the patient what I need to check, the reason for as well as explained the steps I would be taking. In hospital terms, we called it EDIT, In real life, it is CYA.
There are 5 wires or leads as we called them that are strategically place around the heart to pick up the heart rhythm. The first two are at the top. They are easy to access and non-evasive. Those two are fine. (Of course, it rarely is one of those.) Now to the more uh, scenic route. The other three are located left, right and center below the breast area. (Never touch a patient without getting verbal consent! ) Having ask permission and being granted an easement to approach the property, I tell the patient I will need to lift the gown slightly as to expose the offending wire and reconnect it. Having done such I start to leave when she asked me the strangest question.
What do you think? Okay, let me remind you that I am a trained professional. I do this sometimes 20 times a day. So I told the patient that one lead had come loose most likely when she turned over and I thought they would be fine. She gives me this strange look and says, “No I meant what do you think about my breast? I just had then done. Do they look alright to you?” As straight-faced as I could, I looked her in the EYES and said mama, I have no idea what to say. I’m just here to reconnect the lead to the Telemetry but I always say, if you’ve seen one boob, you seen them both! (Now what would Jimmy Buffett Do?)


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