It Begins and Ends with Shoddy Medical Care

So imagine my surprise when Indian Dr. Clooney bursts in the exam room with a cast in hand, and then asks, “so, how you doing?”

“Okay...”

Then he puts the cast beside me on the exam table, and picks up this mini-circular saw and starts wielding it towards the table, towards me.

“Just making an adjustment...”

I lean away. 

“You might want to move.” Not so much a suggestion as a foregone conclusion, as he was already sawing away.

I hopped as quickly as a broken-footed patient can from a elevated exam table, and waited in the corner on my one good foot. As the non-ventilated room echoed with the grating sound of the saw cutting through the plaster, I thought he should have at least offered me safety googles.

This cast was not for me. 

He left the room and a small pile of white powder where I had been sitting moments ago, which then reminded me of my dream early this morning (after the puking dog woke me up in the middle of the night and I fell asleep for about 15 minutes before my alarm went off). 

I was sitting on this bed with an overweight middle eastern guy who opens a big brick of cocaine and has me smell it. Unfortunately I wake up before I can sample the goods. And then I am reminded of yet another way Sex in the City 2 has damaged and penetrated my sleep-deprived psyche (I could go on and on about that disaster of a motion picture, but that's for another time).

Later I had physical therapy, and naturally there was an eager-eyed intern following us around.  What's with all the interns?

After that my favorite pen exploded all over my hands, it was one of those nice $7 ones.  Naturally I was in my car with no napkins, or tissues. Now I look like I work on cars all day, or I'm responsible for cleaning up the oil spill. 

Then there was a dog fight towards the end of my evening.

Poor little Elliot, 2 puncture wounds to the chest.

A trip to Animal ER, one cracked-out-late-shift-long-haired vet, and a hefty bill later:  I might never get sleep or proper medical care in this country, canine or otherwise.