Keeping My Dukes Up
Yeah yeah this ditty is coming to you from the hospital chair at Holyoke Medical Center. Last Wednesday I was feeling lousy from what I thought were my usual allergies, so I left the office early and conked out. The next morning I was so woozy I took a dive when I was getting out of bed. My son Jake found me down for the count and next thing I knew I was in an ambulance headed over the Mueller Bridge.
Turns out it wasn’t allergies. I had the flu which had turned to pneumonia. What the Christ. I landed damn hard on my leg so they originally thought I might have fractured my hip or my femur. They took about half a dozen X-rays and CT scans and luckily everything seemed to be intact. The ER crew wasn’t sure if they believed my story about falling out of bed. They see the name Darby O’Brien on the sheet and they assume a guy with that name fell down because he was all boozed up. I finally got that cleared up but when I got admitted, they assigned me a nurse named Jameson. I saw the name on the board by the bed and thought it was the drink menu.
It’s a good crew over here and the relatives have been coming and going. Thanks to everyone who called or emailed. We’ll see how it goes but things are looking good. I’ve been telling you guys to keep your dukes up for four-plus years now, now I need to take my own advice.
Now home and on the comeback trail. I'll tell you more next week. Keep your dukes up.
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