It fried my hair!
During my days working in labor and delivery, I watched one story after another unfold—stories full of humor, delight, and sometimes surprise.
One such surprise happened to me. In labor and delivery, anesthesiologists are essential members of the team. They put in epidurals for pain relief and administer anesthesia for C-sections. Everybody loves the anesthesiologist!
At least two anesthesia carts on the unit were always plugged in until needed. One day, as I was plugging the cart back in, I got a tremendous electrical shock. It just so happened that I had gotten a perm in my hair the day before, leaving it huge, curly, and teetering on ridiculous. Oh, yes, it had brought lots of feedback. My ego wasn’t so big that I minded. We got lots of laughs out of it.
Well, back to the electrical shock. I called the hospital's mechanical department to report the shock, and they came almost immediately to check it out. He found the problem and proceeded to fix it. Now, I’m one for conversation, and I have never met a stranger, so I started a friendly conversation while he was working. I asked him to look at my hair, which he did. Then, I told him that my hair was straight before the shock. His jaw dropped; his eyes got big as saucers, and he exclaimed, “Oh, no!”
Okay, I don’t remember if I ever told him the truth. Oh, those youthful jokes that are lies. I do know that I didn’t tell him that day. As I told the story to my nursing colleagues, everyone roared. We were all sure he couldn’t wait to get back to the guys and tell them what had happened to that nurse in labor and delivery. Once, she had straight hair, and now it’s frizzed with curls to the max!
And if my hair looked wild that day, you should have seen it after a night of dancing on a hot Atlanta night. My friends who were with me that night still laugh about it. Bill asked Lisa after the dance, “What happened to Debbie’s hair??!!??
I don’t think this has anything to do with fencing. If it does, I’ll leave it up to my readers’ imagination to make the connection. I’m sure I’ll hear from someone with a brilliant connection. Let the comments come.
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All my best regards,
Debbie Page
CEO, Louis E. Page Inc–Woman-owned business and Family-owned since 1893. (So 131 years ago our family ancestor Louis E. founded the company)