Getting drugs for Dulcie!
"Hello, Dr Hew's Surgery." It was the Thai Receptionist."Hello, my name is Nick Allen and I am the Carer for Dulcie Rodgers. I spoke to Dr Hew yesterday about him possibly coming out to see Dulcie today and him prescribing some painkillers for Dulcie."Are you a patient?""No.""He only come to see patients.""No, I am the Carer for Dulcie Rodgers. She is the patient. Is it possible to speak to Dr Hew?""No, he is very busy.""Could you ask him to ring us as soon as he can? Tell him Nick rang. We want to ask him about Endone.""Is that another patient?""No, it is a medication.""Oh, well he will not be able to ring until lunchtime.""Well, if you could ask him to ring as soon as possible as Mrs Rodgers is in terrible pain."In the meantime I had to go into the city to finally pick up my camera. (The camera that Trace and Jen got me for my birthday last year but which broke earlier in the year and which I had taken back to be mended but which they couldn't mend and recently emailed to say that they were giving me a new one and that it was ready to be collected.)I went to the shop that I took the camera to in Fortitude Valley but the woman there looked perplexed."Hmmm, we have had no camera sent here.""Well, I have had an email about it."I read her the email."Your new camera is ready for collection at our Queen Street shop."DOH! I was at the wrong shop!I eventually found the right shop and collected my new camera. They even gave me a free soft case for it."Well done!" said the camera shop man as if they had never replaced a camera before.Back at Celtis St Dr Hew had rung and the prescription for Dulcie's Endone was waiting. I said I would pick it up on my way home.I called at the Surgery on my way home.There was another woman already at standing at the desk talking to the Thai Receptionist.The Thai Receptionist looked at me."Oh, hello," she smiled as if I was a long lost friend, "I'll be with you in a moment."The other woman continued talking."I have not been here for awhile but Dr Hew asked if you could check the folder with my X Rays to see if I have left a disc in there, I can't find it at home.""Sorry, what is it you want?""Do you have a folder or a file with information about me where my X rays may be because there might be a disc in with them."The Thai Receptionist peered at her computer screen intently for awhile and then leaned even closer to it in case that would help her find what she was looking for......but it didn't."I'm sorry I don't understand. What do you want?""A disc," said the lady calmly, that might be in with my X-Rays.""A disc?""Yes, a disc, a CD."The Thai Receptionist opened a cupboard door and looked in."No nothing here. No disc.""Well it might be with my file. Is there a file with my name on where my X-Rays might be?""I don't know.""Well, Dr Hew just asked me to ask you to see if it was with my X-Rays.""No disc here," said the Thai Receptionist, spreading her arms to encompass her work area."Well no, it wouldn't just be lying about on the desk, " said the woman."No, it is not on the desk, just a prescription here. No disc.""Well, never mind.""I only work two day. Ring on Monday and speak to Marie. Maybe Marie know about the disc."The woman left.The Thai Receptionist looked at me."I'll take that prescription that you have there," I said, then thought that sounded a bit menacing so added "I have come to collect it for Dulcie Rodgers.""Ah, yes! I gave Dr Hew your message." She was very pleased.......it seemed as if it was the first thing she had done right all day!