A little lesson in Dominican sociology
BushBaby and SWMBO live in POP. There are no offspring, cousins, aunts, comadres or compadres to assist them with this sort of thing. Remember how each time you go to the airport there are hundreds of people there just to see some friend/relative take off or arrive? Same thisg this time.
The Dominican society does not recognize the fact that people live like that and enjoy it.
BushBaby and I are "golf brothers" who enjoy each other's company-on the golf course and socially-so when he finally decided to get this bone fixed, here in Santiago, I, as a Dominicanized-"aplatanado"- person sort of wanted to help out a bit. That's all I did.
Even more interesting, was the reaction of everyone in the clinic, who could just not fathom the fact that a grown man would go in for an operation without ten family members standing by. Even less comprehensible was that fact that nobody was going to sleep there in the clinic that night. They offered to get me a retired nurse for RD$500 for the night to watch over Bush Baby-I guess so he didn't sleep walk. Actually, it was to watch for reactions from the anethesic(sp?)
However, once he was tucked in under an army blanket, he was out like a light. In a way, this was a shame, since the night nurse was stunningly beautiful-yes, even to my jaded eyes. Oh just as well, I suppose...
One other thing. I found out long ago that anytime anyone is going in for surgery, it is a good thing to have someone who knows the patient or the patient's family, to be in the operating room. Be it a doctor, nurse or orderly. That is why I asked my boy to stop in and see the events, which he so kindly did-he's the ear, nose & throat guy, not a orthopedic surgeon-and he was wise enough to take pictures for post op viewing....
All in all, this was an interesting experience for both BB and myself. And while I seriously doubt that we will be on the links together anytime in the near term, there will be fairways, greens and some fun down the road.
Remember the song? "
That's what friends........"?
HB