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[WoodysGirl]

Cricket's Chirps: If you're intoxicated, upside down and backwards, how often do you make the right decision?
12:00 AM Sat, Sep 27, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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BLOGGER'S NOTE: FB Deon "Cricket" Anderson might be the Cowboys' most entertaining character, so I figured it'd be fun to give the dude a diary. He'll discuss whatever is on his wacky mind in Cricket's Chirps, which will run every Saturday throughout the season.

This concerns me, for real. I'm lying on the bed, not ready for surgery the night before. They put the needle in my arm and start giving me morphine or whatever, just to take the edge off. They're shaving my leg and asking me questions, and I'm starting to get a little woozy.

Then they tell me, write YES on the knee that I'm having surgery on and NO on the knee that I'm not having surgery on - upside down and backwards.

I don't understand this. First off, shouldn't they know that I only have one left knee? That threw me off. Then I said, "I gotta do it?! Y'all don't know which knee I'm having surgery on? That doesn't make sense to me."

I got a little nervous, like, What if you guys operate on my right knee, which is my good knee? Then you'll have to operate on my left knee, and I won't be walking. I'll be in a wheelchair with bandages and staples everywhere.

But I actually did a pretty good job for being out of it, writing upside down and backwards and in fear that they'd operate on the wrong knee. I got it together, but what is that about? They should know that if it says "left knee," work on the left knee. The right knee is not the right knee.

But I got it right. I swear I had the L up on the left hand and the backwards L on the right. "OK, this is the left knee. I'm moving it - yep, this is the bad knee. Let me write YES on this one first, then no on this one."

It was terrible. You want me to do it? Are you freakin' serious? But I did it in capital letters: "NO, DON'T DO IT!!!" with arrows and everything.

My question to the public is, if you're intoxicated, upside down and backwards, how often do you make the right decision? I got it right!

 

[jchap]

Haha I love this kid. I hope he can stay healthy after this.

 

[stealth]

nice pun usage, this kid would be fun to goof around with

 

[Yeagermeister]

Haha I love this kid. I hope he can stay healthy after this.

He cracks me up also :laugh1:

 

[DallasEast]

That young man has a great sense of humor and that same humor is educating the public too. Surgery mistakes happen way too often. I believe that it's only been the last five or so years since the AMA began recommending that patients document on their own body which part(s) of their anatomy should be operated on. He's making fun of the whole thing, but it is really one of the smartest precautions a person can make for themselves prior to surgery.

 

[masomenos]

That was a really entertaining read, I hope he has more diary blogs like this.

 

[Duane]

 

[EndGame]

Dude's crazy.

 

[AdamJT13]

The right knee is not the right knee.

That could be a problem.

 

[Tyronosaurus77]

pretty funny dude, i enjoy his blog.

i had arthroscopic surgery earlier this month I had to put a whole leg sock on the knee not being operated on

 

[BAT]

Abso-frikkin-hilarious!!


What is this guy doing on the field, he should be on stage, or at least on broadcasts. There is not enough "color" in the choice of color analysts these days.

 

[the kid 05]

woah what happened to crick?

 

[Seven]

That was a really entertaining read, I hope he has more diary blogs like this.

No offense but I hope his blogs are more along the lines of how well his garden is doing rather than how well surgeries are going.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

That young man has a great sense of humor and that same humor is educating the public too. Surgery mistakes happen way too often. I believe that it's only been the last five or so years since the AMA began recommending that patients document on their own body which part(s) of their anatomy should be operated on. He's making fun of the whole thing, but it is really one of the smartest precautions a person can make for themselves prior to surgery.

Yeah, but shouldn't it be done BEFORE they are drugged?

 

[masomenos]

No offense but I hope his blogs are more along the lines of how well his garden is doing rather than how well surgeries are going.

:laugh2: Good point.

 

[Seven]

:laugh2: Good point.

Just Messin'.................

 

[Eskimo]

3 years ago, a surgeon here in Edmonton operated on the wrong knee even though the patient correctly labeled the limbs. The mistake was not caught because the draping of the leg obscured his writing and the anesthetist also did not notice the surgeon was operating on the wrong leg.

I guess the moral of the story is that mistakes do happen despite the best intentions and no system is fool-proof.

 

[DallasEast]

Yeah, but shouldn't it be done BEFORE they are drugged?

Excellent point. Hopefully, Anderson was fibbing just a little about the exact time he marked his knee.

3 years ago, a surgeon here in Edmonton operated on the wrong knee even though the patient correctly labeled the limbs. The mistake was not caught because the draping of the leg obscured his writing and the anesthetist also did not notice the surgeon was operating on the wrong leg.

I guess the moral of the story is that mistakes do happen despite the best intentions and no system is fool-proof.

That's an example of a physician who made a dumb decision which should have cost him his/her medical license. Playing devil's advocate, the only explanation I can think of to explain the oversight is that he/she was on the staff of two or more hospitals; and performed the majority of his/her surgeries at another hospital, which may have had similar, but different surgical precautions. Still, you're supposed to be sure before you cut; and when a patient indicates the correct surgical site, it eliminates 99.9% of all doubt.