Hello Fellow Travelers!
In order to shine a light onto whom are the unsung heroes of the medical profession - nurses - Johnson & Johnson made and (I imagine)paid for a vignette of a dedicated Hospice Nurse and her elderly hospice patient, Bertha. At the end of the "tribute" you see this touching tableau has been brought to you by your friends at Johnson & Johnson.
Bertha is apparently from Denmark because she relates this story to her caregiver about someone in Denmark opening a window so the soul of the dead person can get out. Maybe it's the dramatic acting or the knowledge that hospice = death, but every time I see that poignant message of dedication it seems to me that old lady is ready to go but she's thwarted at every turn by her caring nurse. By the time the nurse tells the Danish Death Story poor Bertha looks more than ready to go to her great reward. Let that poor woman die already! Pretty obvious she's ready to go! Let her go already.
"Not tonight, Bertha." she reassures us as she closes the window, "Not tonight!" Oh come on, this Danish lady is readier than Hamlet to meet her maker but for being unable to communicate with her caregiver. Seen through my cracked prism, Bertha's quaint, Danish custom takes on a whole new meaning. I can be a little fuzzy too. So if it is obvious to me that she's ready to take a dirt nap, she's probably shouting it out to lots of people. If she was a real person which she is not.
However, instead of quietly appreciating our nation's nurses I am freaking out over this senior citizen who conveys such pathos. Unable to speak, like me, I just want to open that window and get this show on the road. She can thank me later!
PS-I received a message not too long ago from someone who likes my rants. I was reminded that this person thought the chorus to "Jack & Diane" was "Oh yeah! Life goes on, Long after 5th Period and Living in the john!"
What's hilarious about that is that it makes perfect sense because it's rock and roll and it makes no sense. It's not supposed to. "I am the eggman, I am the walrus! Kookookachoo!" It was true then and it's true now. Who the hell knows what it means? Who cares? It's rock! It's supposed to scare parents and embolden the young. From the little I've heard, it's still doing it's job.
In order to shine a light onto whom are the unsung heroes of the medical profession - nurses - Johnson & Johnson made and (I imagine)paid for a vignette of a dedicated Hospice Nurse and her elderly hospice patient, Bertha. At the end of the "tribute" you see this touching tableau has been brought to you by your friends at Johnson & Johnson.
Bertha is apparently from Denmark because she relates this story to her caregiver about someone in Denmark opening a window so the soul of the dead person can get out. Maybe it's the dramatic acting or the knowledge that hospice = death, but every time I see that poignant message of dedication it seems to me that old lady is ready to go but she's thwarted at every turn by her caring nurse. By the time the nurse tells the Danish Death Story poor Bertha looks more than ready to go to her great reward. Let that poor woman die already! Pretty obvious she's ready to go! Let her go already.
"Not tonight, Bertha." she reassures us as she closes the window, "Not tonight!" Oh come on, this Danish lady is readier than Hamlet to meet her maker but for being unable to communicate with her caregiver. Seen through my cracked prism, Bertha's quaint, Danish custom takes on a whole new meaning. I can be a little fuzzy too. So if it is obvious to me that she's ready to take a dirt nap, she's probably shouting it out to lots of people. If she was a real person which she is not.
However, instead of quietly appreciating our nation's nurses I am freaking out over this senior citizen who conveys such pathos. Unable to speak, like me, I just want to open that window and get this show on the road. She can thank me later!
PS-I received a message not too long ago from someone who likes my rants. I was reminded that this person thought the chorus to "Jack & Diane" was "Oh yeah! Life goes on, Long after 5th Period and Living in the john!"
What's hilarious about that is that it makes perfect sense because it's rock and roll and it makes no sense. It's not supposed to. "I am the eggman, I am the walrus! Kookookachoo!" It was true then and it's true now. Who the hell knows what it means? Who cares? It's rock! It's supposed to scare parents and embolden the young. From the little I've heard, it's still doing it's job.
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