sunflower (2 of 3)

sunflower (2 of 3), originally uploaded by pr9000.

Trivial thoughts after a day in the maw of the healthcare system:

• I had a doctor use the "Can I still play the piano?" joke on us – instantly won my respect and admiration. All I need now is "Oh, nurse!" and "Doctor, it hurts when I do this" to complete the trifecta.

• The second most famous patient of the guy who set Amina's splint: Joeclyn Thibault. Happened, he says, at a Habs-Bruins game, which gives me the excuse to show this gem of a commercial.

• The most famous, of course, is Amina.

• It's amazing how many times we've had to repeat the story – at least five times in the ER, once to each nurse who saw Amina in the hospital, and now to two doctors today as well. I need to go to Cafepress and make up a t-shirt with the story on it.

• I'm proud of how well she's holding up through all this. It's exhausting – and tomorrow, with three separate doctor's visits in three separate parts of town, will be a marathon. I don't think she'll get out of bed on Wednesday.