Adventures in Medical
Epilogue
I had the operation and recovered quickly. During my recovery, Beth and Jennifer
both stopped over at my house about once per week each. Five weeks later when I
returned to work full-time, I was called to my Department Chairman's office.
"Jim how do you feel about teaching evening classes?"
"I'm not to big on them, they sure knock hell out of my social life," I
replied.
"Oh, well I guess I'll have to call these people back and decline then..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well we got a couple of special requests for classes next quarter, one from
the School of Nursing and the other from the School of Allied Medical
Professions for Self Defense classes for their students; but ONLY if YOU could
teach them. They even forwarded pre-registration forms for enough students to
fill 5 classes, but two of them would have to be evening classes."
Dr. G. handed me the paperwork and there before me were rosters for 5 classes
of twenty students each (ALL WOMEN!!!) from the medical area. A quick glance at
the lists, showed a lot of names that looked familiar and others I thought I
recognized from my various treatments and procedures.
"You say they specifically requested me to teach them?"
"No question about it; here look at the letter from the school of Nursing it
has a request letter attached from the Student Nurses Association, it has you
name in bold and underlined both! What the hell did you do while you were
getting your back fixed?"
"Just did what they told me," I replied, "and tried to get back on my feet as
quick as I could."
"Well when I called down there, the Dean told me she could keep your classes
full for the next couple of years; you must have impressed someone down there."
"All I can say sir, is that I will do the best I can. Tell them I will take the
classes requested and any more they want in the future. I wouldn't want to
disappoint my fans, as they say in the music business..
The End
