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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Back to normal.
Work conditions are back to normal. The tetraplegics are less demanding with their specific needs. These guys can get bossy. I had to tell one of them to ease off the nursing assistants. His tone of voice was deaming and the CNAs are working hard to meet his needs. Some of them thinks they have a slave.

Before one should embark in dangerous activities think about what it can do to you.
Examples from our distinguished patients are the following.
1. driving a 17,000 hp speed boat and it explodes to bits rendering the driver a tetraplegic.
2. elderly man riding his bike and the front tire blew up. He fell and broke his neck making him a tetraplegic.
3. running away from the police and jumping off a bridge made him a tetraplegic.
4. playing rugby and having your friends pile over your body when a knee presses on your neck snapping it just below C3. This will make you a ventilator dependent tetraplegic.
5. driving without a seatbelt and being ejected yards from impact. Yup, welcome to tetraplegic world.
6. not having a physical exam by a physician for 20 years can be dangerous to ones health. A massive stroke can ruin plans for retirement. One middle aged pinay made a mistake of not seeing her doctor. Now she's paralyzed on her left side. BTW, she's also a diabetic. Jeez.
7. going to Iraq and having an IED blew up on your face will make you not only dumb and stupid but also impotent and divorced. Yay.

That are only some of the ways people can get hurt. So be careful out there.