The perks

I just got a call from the fracture clinic. Actually, that's not true. My mum got a call from  the fracture clinic while I was still sleeping. Yes, I was still sleeping at eleven am. No, I don't feel guilty of lazy for doing it, for I have an external fixator. Apparently, regrowing bone and having giant metal pins sticking through your skin is tiring work. Who would have known?

Anyways... back to the fracture clinic. The lady on the other end said that although my appointment today is not until 2:45, I can come in at any time I want, as long as I mention that my surgeon called me (or my mum) at home when I arrive. What?!?! That's right! I can show up whenever I want. I assume what they really mean is please come in anytime before my actual appointment e.g., twelve or one pm, and not 4:55 pm when everyone is antsy to get home and half the staff have left for the day already. But I am cool with that. If having an external fixator means I don't have to sit in a waiting room full of bored, germ carrying, coughing, stuffy-nosed patients (cold season is upon us), I am all for that!

Why can I come in whenever I want? Who knows...

Maybe my surgeon wants to show off his handy work to the meds students or other orthopedic surgeons; he is, after all, the only one to do this type of surgery at the trauma hospital.

Maybe the x-ray technicians are going home early and I really really really need those x-rays today to see whats going on inside my leg.

Maybe the surgeon is just impatient or super excited and keeps thinking "Why on earth do I have to wait to see her (more like her fixator!) until three, if not longer depending on wait times at the fracture clinic?"

Maybe he is like an excited kid in a candy store who get to pick out something super rare and expensive. That's right, I am comparing myself, erm, my fixator, to a rich kid picking out Christmas presents. I think I am rather justified in doing so. After all, my surgeon only does this type of surgery 2-3 times a year and my fixator costs a good ten grand. Kind of a big expensive deal.

Whatever the reason, I'm not against coming in early and avoiding the possible three hour wait in the waiting room. My external fixator comes with perks and that is fine by me XD