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PRIME TIME

‘

Preconceptions often
get the better of us

he nursing station
was quiet. We were
going over the list of
admissions for that
afternoon. It was a small
country hospital, so the list
wasn't long. It was the
patient booked for gall-blad-
der surgery that held our
attention. We knew the
name. Though retired, this
woman had been the direc-

tor of nursing at City ©

General and we had all
heard tales of her iron rule.

It was with trepidation that we
checked the roster to see who
would be taking care of her post-
op. I was filling in for someone
else on afternoons the following
day, and it turned out to be me.
Oh well, I thought, Ql worry.

_- What's the Noonwalk?
- It's the in way to step out.

=Goidentod-

about it when it happens. Maybe
she’s not as dictatorial as
rumored. Anyway, I wasn’t
going to let it spoil my day.

And it was a beautiful day: It
was late fall and the drive home
from work along the winding
country road was thoroughly en-

_ day, I found that the infamous,

- breath and opened the door.

as ‘

joyable. There was just a hint of
winter in the air and the trees
were beginning to shed their
autumn gold. Berry bushes
made splashes of brilliant color.
along the edges of the bluffs.

Part way home I saw a
familiar figure walking along
the road, shopping bag in hand.
I had given the woman a ride
once before. I stopped, and she
got in the car.

She was a tall, pleasant-look-
ing woman, possibly in her late@® @
60s. Her greying hair was fas-
tened back in a bun. She wore
warm slacks and a well-worn
woolen sweater. Her shoes were
sturdy and she carried leather
work gloves. Her bag was full of
clippings from rosebushes. She
picked out a twig loaded with
bright red rose hips.

“Did you know that three of
these have as much vitamin Cas
an orange?” she asked. I said I
hadn’t known, and she went on
to tell of other things she
gleaned in her wild harvest. I
liked the lady, and listened with
interest. When I let her out at
her corner, I hoped we'd meet
again. =

We did, and sooner than I ex- a %
pected. nS
When I got to work the next

retired director of nursing, was
in a private room down at the
end of the hall on surgery. I did
a quick check before entering:
uniform spotless, no nail polish,
wedding ring only, hair neat,
nylons runless and freshly
polished shoes. I took a deep

My patient was sleeping. Long
hair lay in wisps around her face
and curled in grey tendrils

across the pillow. There was no
mistaking her identity. Here
was the nature lady. I tried to
picture her in another capacity,
butfailed.Onceagainlhadbeen ££
guilty of preconception and g@ &
fretted needlessly . . . some ‘
people just never learn.

Do the Noonwalk! Step out for a snack.
step out for a breath of air.
And take a bite out of a long day.

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