Friday, November 14, 2008
A little story off topic
I was recently reminded of something that occurred while I was "vacationing" at
Danbury Hospital on the Oncology floor.
Every so often at very random times I would hear a soft piano melody played over the hospital P.A. system. It was a very short refrain only about 4 or 5 seconds but it was appealing and soothing. I kept on looking at the clock to see if it was an alert or a chime to note the hour or half hour but it was always different and at all hours of the day and night. Very random...
I know I was very hazy about things during this time so I just let it go. I had other things to think about.
It wasn't until a few days later while Nancy (my wife) and I were departing the hospital that the melody played again while we were both in my room. I pointed it out to her and she immediately resolved the question.
It's new baby music. Every time a baby is born the new mother, as she is wheeled to go back to her room, presses a button on the wall and the music announces her new born to the entire hospital. If she has twins, she presses it twice and likewise for triplets etc.
No one makes a big deal about it obviously, and the only people who know about it are the mothers the staffers and inquisitive patients and their family. Now when I go back to the hospital for treatments and I happen to hear the little melody I smile.
It's just a little good memory I can take away from those days.
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