I am going to write this story because it is pretty short and some of you may already know about this one. I know when the Stratford bunch gets together this story comes up from time to time and is becoming a classic!
One morning in my Senior year I woke up with my left knee was red and completely swollen. There was no REAL reason for the swelling/redness; I had not injured it.
I am not sure what the time frame is on how long I waited to go to the doctor, but think after a couple of days I went. The nurse at the time, who was one scary person, informs me I had to go to the hospital, that I probably had a blood clot, Thrombophlebitis, and I could DIE. They needed to run some tests make sure so I wouldn't DIE. If I had one I couldn't have have children because I would DIE on the table. She said DIE so many times that I didn't think I would DIE from my leg but a heart attack. I thought it was extremely overboard but, then I remembered my boyfriend was sitting in the waiting room. I guess this was you form of Birth Control! You also need to know at every doctor's visit this nurse was always wanting to give you a shot in the butt.
After I was admitting into the hospital, which was in Houston's Medical Center and an hour or more from where we lived. If I wanted a vacation from school this was the place to NOT be I can say. I was there for a week and they found NOTHING which blew out my senior exemptions.
When I returned to school, I walked into my Geology class first period. This class was a "fluff class" and most of us did other homework from other classes, or studied for tests. This teacher was soemthing! She would go into her closet before class and smoke. Yes you heard me smoked. I guess this was before the smoking ban. It was funny when she opened the door a loom of green smoke would come waffling out and cling to her, surrounding her. I guess if you were into reading auras you could say she had a GREEN layer!
They proceeded to asked what happend - where have you been? I was explaining about phlebitis, when one of the girls asked, "How can Fleebite put you in the hospital?" All I can say, that I am glad that she asked me then instead of now, because I know I would laugh now.
Years later when my friend Michael reconnected he reminded me of this story, we laughed. He told me he had a crush on this girl, but really, "She was as dumb as a box of rocks!" I guess is analogy of her was inspired from our class - Geology!
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