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It\u2019s been a busy week. On Monday I left my life from a hospital bed. I\u2019d been at New York \u00a0Presbyterian Hospital (Weill Cornell is the teaching branch) since Wednesday, March 9. I\u2019d been informed that I\u2019d be leaving on Monday. My healthcare wouldn\u2019t pay for additional hospital days. For a moment I panicked then realized a hospital is not a hotel. You\u2019re there for a specific purpose and once that\u2019s addressed you\u2019re out. The operation had gone well. Therefore, I packed my small bag, no more than 15 lbs., went through dismissal instructions with the nurse, jumped into a wheelchair and was home in less than a half hour. I had mentioned in an earlier blog that a hospital reminds me of being at court. There are so many conventions that are lost on the short term patient. My surgeon in blue shrubs would drop by, usually attended by students in green scrubs.<\/p>\n

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Kristin and her sister Rockettes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nurses wore white jackets over street clothes. Slews of different ranks dropped by: medical technicians, cleaners, clergy, volunteers, food providers, social workers. One of my volunteers was a Rockette. A Rockette? I immediately interviewed Kristin Jantzie for my blog. She and her two sisters, from Alberta, are all Rockettes. Some particulars: the Rockettes began in 1933. They range in height from 5\u20196\u201d to 5\u2019 11\u201d. It\u2019s seasonal work and the dancers can dance with other companies when they\u2019re not working on a Radio City Music Hall show. Kristin\u2019s favorite dance is Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, part of the Christmas extravaganza since 1933. She joined the Rockettes ten years ago and has been in eleven Christmas shows and five Thanksgiving Parades.<\/p>\n

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Kristin holding Sam Suarez’s bouquet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kristin with Echo, a dog that visits patients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later that day I watched House of Cards. (Spoiler alert!) President Kevin Spacey lay in his hospital bed. I studied him and his various apparatus like a pro.<\/p>\n

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