Guy was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2004. In 2007 it advanced into AML, a rapid Leukemia. He was given two weeks to live and sent to Metro City Cancer Center for a stem cell transplant. We were in the hospital ten months. Guy encouraged me to journal his battle with what I now call my Medical Satire Cartoons. I bummed a ball point pen and computer paper off of the nurses station and began to draw. Guy's story is factual, only the names have been changed to protect our privacy.
Friday, December 9, 2011
MY COZY SPACE IN GUYS HOSPITAL ROOM
This was my space in Guy's 12 x 15 room for ten months. It was small but had its advantages. Everything I needed was within reach and on one was likely to sit on me or target me for a shot. However that almost happened when we were napping together in his bed one day and he woke up before I did. He decided to go for a brief walk in the hall. A new nurse was on the floor that day and came in our room to see only my hair sticking out from the covers and no IV pole. Loud voices woke me up questioning, "who is this in the bed and where is the IV pole?
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