Category: Doctors and Nurses

The Deaf Detective

When Hack learned that Jonny was going to see an audiologist about possibly needing a hearing aid, he was so delighted that he immediately wrote this novel and gave Jonny (who also makes the artwork for Hack’s book covers) explicit instructions on what he wanted depicted in the cover art.

Alas, when Jonny came back from his appointment and reported that the doctor told him that his hearing had only a microscopic decrease from last year and he wasn’t in need of a hearing aid yet, Hack (who has two hearing aids, a pacemaker and an experimental liver made from stem cells and soy product) was so depressed that he locked himself in his van and refused to come out for three days.

Citizen Pain

Hack wrote this in response to criticisms of Citizen Kane that there was no one in the room with Charles Foster Kane when he died so no one could have known that his last word was “Rosebud.” Hack contends that this novel proves not only that there were two witnesses to his demise but that they were both complete idiots.

Penile Fracture Ward

When I had my heart attack ten years ago, I was rushed to the hospital where I was wheeled into a tiny room and placed on a small cot where I was certain that I was going to die. Without a word, a male nurse sat in a chair beside me and held my hand. Needless to say, I didn’t die but I spent three days in Intensive Care where I encountered many more nurses, every one of whom was as compassionate and loving as the young man who held my hand. It takes a special breed of human to be a nurse, and I hope that there’s a special place in heaven for anyone who pursues it.

Happy National Nurses Day!