Monday I
spent two hours in a medical procedure waiting room. The waiting area was in two sections. The inner section were chairs, a counter, a
TV, and a sign that said no snacks or drinks..
The outer section was a sun room with a lot of windows and uncomfortable
chairs - but it was OK to eat snacks and drink drinks and coffee. I picked the sun room. I need coffee to survive.
Every-so-often
a nurse would come in and call out a family and when that family stepped up the
nurse or nurse's helper would update them on the medical procedure or carry
them back to see them.
Once the
nurse or nurse's aide came by and called out the name "Trammell". Among the four or five of us in the sun room
nobody responded. She went into the
inner waiting room and I heard her call "Trammell" again, and
apparently found the family. I think she
took them through another door to the recovery room door.
When I heard
the name Trammell I perked up and was interested. Doing family research years ago I found out
my great grandfather grew up with his mother's family surname (Trammell) until
in his twenties he changed it changed it to his probable father's surname
Hunter. I have done a lot of research on
the Trammell family, from the first one that arrived in Virginia in the 1600s
and was an indenture servant and followed the family trees on down through
history. One of our Trammell's relatives
fought at the Alamo.
I wanted to
follow the nurse/nurse's aide into the inner waiting room to see who responded
to their Trammell call, but decided I couldn't do it without being awkward or strange.
But I
watched closely as people left after that.
They had to walk through the sun waiting room. About five patients and their loved ones left
until I was called. I decided it could
not be two groups of them (because of foreign accents). But of the remaining three groups, I was
related to one and I bet I could even tell them something about some of
their ancestors.
One time
while waiting the nurse/nurse's aide called out Cohen or Conner. I doubled focused when she said the name and
it sounded something close to "Hunter". She saw my eyes and ears enlarge and looked
at me directly and asked me directly, "Are you Cohen (or Conner)?.
I said,
"No Hunter... Eddie Hunter."
She said,
"Oh, I was about to give you another wife." I thought that was witty and quick. Then I thought maybe she uses that crack daily. Hmmm.
Finally they called my name and two other names. The nurse helper led us to another little room just outside the recovery room and told us to sit there until we they came and got uis.
Then I noticed the lady sitting across from me. She said, "We have to quit meeting like this."
I recognized her. She was at another procedure about a month ago. Small world.l
