The Garden School Tattler

Bubba had Shingles

Those of us who spend much time in a doctor's office should appreciate this! Doesn't it seem that more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line? Here's what happened to Bubba:

Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Bubba said, Shingles. So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.

Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Bubba what he had.

Bubba said, Shingles. So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Bubba to wait in the examining room.

A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, Shingles. So the nurse gave Bubba a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Bubba to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor.

An hour later the doctor came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, shingles. The doctor asked, Where?

Bubba said, "Outside on the truck. Where do you want them??

Comment: I like this one. If you think that doctors don't listen, try three year old children. This Friday was an intense day with the storm. It seemed everything went haywire. We had dozens of spilled milks, bathroom accidents and messes through the school. It was, of course, the storm which has continued to drown us since yesterday. The children were all fidgety and snarly and we ended sending three home.

Be careful of illness. There are several children who need to spend most of this weekend doing quiet things.