…And Bells on Her Toes

Closed Captioning of This Truck is Brought to You by …

Ok, here’s a bit of a break from the Hospital updates.  This story was related to me when I was a nervous wreck last Thursday so it may not be 100% verbatim and I might have taken some editorial liberties, but it should be close enough to give you the gist …

One thing you have to understand before reading this is that I thought this was incredibly funny and considering what we were about to face, I certainly needed the comic relief.  Marc’s wife Gina is a warm person, she talks a mile a minute and is very blunt.  She’s French Canadian and you know exactly where you stand with her.  She means well, but we still tease her nonetheless.  

Last Thursday was the day the boys hit the operating table.  Marc’s Sister Karen and Gina were already in the Surgical Waiting Room by the time my MIL and I got downtown.  Rose stayed with Alex before the surgery and I went in search of the girls (they took Marc into surgery a couple of hours ahead of Alex to harvest the Kidney).  Karen told me about her drive down to the Hospital with Gina.  They were driving down the Don Valley Parkway towards Toronto when a large truck pulled up in the lane next to them.  Karen was driving, so this gave Gina the opportunity to sightsee.

“Look at that truck,” Gina said to Karen.  “It’s covered in Braille.  It’s nice that they put it on so that the Blind can read what’s in the truck.”

Karen was confused.  She looked at the Truck and didn’t see any Braille, she thought Gina was talking about the large lettering painted on the side.  “What are you talking about?”

“You see all those bumps?  That’s how they read….”

“Gina.”  Karen said.  “Those are rivets….”

“Oh.”  Gina said.  “I thought they would have to get pretty close to the truck to find out what it is.  It would be pretty dangerous…”

Tears were streaming down my face I was laughing so hard.