-mia

like 35 years ago, when my parents we dating, my dad went to the hospital for something or another. the dr takes some blood and comes back with a very serious face and tells my dad that they're going to have to keep him overnight because he apparently has leukemia.

my dad had to go home to drop off the car and by the time he came back he had already missed dinner service, which sucked cause my dad didn't eat dinner on his own. the next morning the hospital didn't get him breakfast because the night before he came in after they had taken orders for breakfast.

the blood specialist comes in and tells my dad that, haha, there seems to be a mistake. he doesn't have deadly leukemia, he has much less serious anemia! which, after talking to my dad about his life style, is probably because he doesn't eat a balanced diet. so anyway, he can go home.

my dad calls his friend to come pick him up. the friend says that he can come on his lunch break, around 1pm. my dad waits around and of course doesn't get served lunch because of course he should have been home by then. (he's missed three meals in a row by now!!) my dad keep waiting and waiting until it's after 2pm, wondering where this friend is. he can't get a hold of his friend so he calls his landlord (he hadn't lived in la for so long and didn't have so many friends with cars) who came to pick him up around 3pm.

when he goes downstairs to be picked up, the receptionist is like "i thought you left with your friend hours ago!" um... no, cause apparently someone else told the friend my dad has already been picked up!

the hospital eventually closed. btw. thank god. i'm not sure from what, but it's clear they were not being managed very well. my dad was in the hospital for about 24 hours and didn't get a single meal! and the whole reason they kept him was because they misdiagnosed him too! ...ridiculous!