The Finest Health Care System in the World
In a wheelchair – his body mostly broken:
“I wish I could go fishing. I was a welder.
How long’s that doctor going to be? I’m tired.
I just don’t know how I can pay for this.
“I was doing okay ‘til I fell and broke my back.
Thirty-seven surgeries, would you believe it?
And my arm too. This catheter’s infected.
The last doctor just wouldn’t take it out.
“My Workman’s Comp’s all gone. I just don’t know.”
In a wheelchair – his body mostly broken
Nov 18, 2017
Nov 18, 2017 at 4:03 PM UTC
The Finest Health Care System in the World
In a wheelchair – his body mostly broken:
“I wish I could go fishing. I was a welder.
How long’s that doctor going to be? I’m tired.
I just don’t know how I can pay for this.
“I was doing okay ‘til I fell and broke my back.
Thirty-seven surgeries, would you believe it?
And my arm too. This catheter’s infected.
The last doctor just wouldn’t take it out.
“My Workman’s Comp’s all gone. I just don’t know.”
In a wheelchair – his body mostly broken
Culled from a waiting-room conversation - mostly a monologue - yesterday.