Bleeder

High class, technical Cardiac Care is here and has become commonplace. So much so, that the public awareness of "easy and accessible", makes our hotsy-totsy procedures seem as simple as a short trip to the Nail Salon. When we inform people after their Cardiac Cath that they now have 6 hours of bedrest, some of them nearly flip out, and as the hours creep by, some of them do. They just don't understand the whole bleeding thing..........."like, how bad could it be, dude?" Since we are the major referral center for a territory reaching 100+ plus miles out, driving home at 2300, with the potential for bleeding, is not something to take lightly...............but many of them do.

Bleeder

Call me a Journalist

In truth, I'm a Historian,

I used to drive a Geo

But wished for a DeLorean,

So, fantasy plays a part

Between reality and desire,

I write this diary from experience

To educate and inspire.

Each line is a message

Defined by you, the reader,

In my kind of work

We must stop the bleeder,

Or we mess up the linen

So just imagine your car,

You say you need to drive to Redding

Good lord, that's too far.

We did an expensive procedure

But someone's covering the cost,

Your GPS doesn't work

And you might become lost,

You barely know the way home

But you have to drive there tonight?

How many brain cells do you have

Oh, I forgot, its Boxing night.

You pre-paid for the match

Mayweather, and Duran,

We forgot to include that

In your Ablation plan,

Because clearly we didn't calculate

Desire vs need,

And if you drive 200 miles

Well surely, you could bleed.

We may have saved your life

But you care most, about a fight?

Millionaire thugs on pay-per-view

Don't care if you bleed tonight,

To us, that seems so stupid

But you're the non-paying consumer,

Please don't bother to call us

When you get that brain tumor.

Fibril_late;

10/30/13