Procedure (December)

Two serves of PicoPrep, one beaker of GlycoPrep. Fetta on bread for dinner: the white diet. Carol’s quiet 7am drive down Burke Road. Warm December morning before storms. Waiting Room Christmas tree. Tie the hospital gown at the neck. Sticky-tape the wedding ring. Wristband: DOB 07/05/1955. Nurse: “Have you had one before?” Anaesthetist: “You will fall asleep in about fifteen seconds.” Sleep, with my shoes on. Blackout returns to white room. Slow-mo walk to rest area. Bing sings a “very merry...” Lovely egg sandwiches. The specialist arrives with benign finding. His benign bedside manner. Out the window: the Blue Dandenongs.