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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Call A Doctor, Stat ...

You know the sound of that machine that makes the steady, constant "phffffffffff" sound every ten seconds in an I.C.U. patient's room as it monitors breathing?     The one that has the cylindrical, hydraulic-type mechanism that simulates the breathing pattern by it's rise and fall, emitting that exhaling "phffffffffff" sound on each cycle?

Do you know how disconcerting it is to be in that twilight stage -- where you're not quite fully awake yet, but you're not really still asleep -- and you hear that sound?

I heard that sound this morning.     I couldn't quite wrap my head around that sound.     Was I in a hospital, hooked up to all sorts of wires and monitors?     What had happened?     The sound was constant -- rhythmic -- steady -- metered.     I was afraid to open my eyes.

As the fog of sleep lifted and I became more aware of my surroundings, I could finally recognize the sound for what it actually was.     Although in a fully conscious state, it still sounds exactly like the hospital monitor, it was actually "Miss Dixie Leigh Belle" sleeping near the foot of the bed, in a deep sleep, but not actually snoring yet - just rhythmic doggie breathing.

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