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 Discharge InstructionsYou may have clear liquids today And nothing but salted meats tomorrowYou may lap from a bowl, sip from a hatYou may go outside and wander aimlessly In the morning in the evening but never at noonThere will be no more needles in veinsNo blood pressure cuffsNo stickers stuck to your chestYou may piss wherever you likeYou may experience a tingling behind the eyes A gutting sense of loss each time your mindReleases another thought. You may eat with your eyes closed You may hot showerYou may swim in a lakeOf slippery insouciancesYou may shave You may smile in lieu of lu...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - August 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs

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 ResurrectionSitting in my car with the windows rolled up in the parking lot waiting for my clinic to start. A small part of me legit thinks I might run out of air, get light headed and pass out, maybe even die.  Don ’t thousands of babies and pets cash out in locked cars every year?  Yeah, I know it ’s mostly the heat but still.  And I ’m a goddam doctor thinking nonsense like this.  People are always like, oh doctor this and doctor that and my doctor says and my doctor told me and I'm like for god's sake.  What if your doctor kept warning you about the dangers of low oxygen levels whil...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 29, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs

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 Night Time RoutineI want to hug my damn son againAnd feel his little form unstiffen Just like old, when he smelled Of warm mittensFresh from the dryer.The sound of his little feetThwocking across the floor to meWhen I ’d come home at nightLate from the hospital.I want to squeeze him so tight.I want to sit on her bedAnd read to my pre-teen daughterOur old bedtime routine.I ’d even let her chooseThe book or the poem,Anything from my collectionOf mystical runes.She didn ’t use to scroll her phoneOr ask me fora little privacyIn the minutes before another day died. I don ’t want them to end up like ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 7, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs