Come round kiddies and let me tell you a story about my friends Anna and Rebecca and their awesome moped in Morocco.
You see Anna was a totally fearless American who had spent her mere 24 years on this earth convincing herself that she was invincible. After stints in Afghanistan and Iraq Anna decided that she wanted to go back to school to learn about chemistry so she could become a doctor. Unfortunately, she decided to take physical chemistry during her last year and it filled her head with chemistry nonsense. Therefor, she decided to leave the US and spend some time in Morocco learning Arabic. When she arrived she decided that she didn't like walking around and she didn't want to spend money on taxis for three months. Instead, she bought a 1985 moped.
Rebecca was an army brat for Canada. She went to college and spent a couple of years trying to learn Arabic. When she graduated college she couldn't find the job she wanted and instead decided to further her Arabic studies by traveling to Morocco.
Anna and Rebecca met in Morocco and instantly became friends, Anna would even drive them together on the moped all around the city.
Then one dark (actually rather sunny) Monday afternoon, Anna and Rebecca were driving to the souk when an evil (I have no data to support that claim) taxi driver pulled into a bus stop without signalling to pick up some fares. Anna did her level best to swerve around the taxi and successfully navigated the moped and herself away from the hazard. Unfortunately Rebecca's knee didn't quite miss the taxi. In fact, her knee blew through the tail light and bumper of the taxi. This sent her heel into the spokes of the moped rapidly followed by Rebecca into the air. She landed on the street and skidded for a bit before coming to a complete stop.
Now Anna managed to pull Rebecca to the side of the street and together they called the school that they were attending. Then they waited for about an two hours.
They, and the school helper (and me), grew tired of waiting for an ambulance and decided to drive to the hospital by themselves. When they arrived they were squished into an examination room and told that the doctor would be with them in a minute. Three hours later the doctor showed up. He looked the deep gash in Rebecca's knee and the piece of skin missing from her heel and said, "It's not so bad."
Then Rebecca and Anna were brought into the operating room where the doctor proceeded to root around in Rebecca's knee before giving her any local anesthesia. When he was sure she hadn't fucked up her knee too much he gave her local anesthesia for the knee and sewed her up.
Then he moved to the heel. He again, without anesthesia, pulled back the skin and cleaned the wound out. Now, I'm not sure if there is some sort of anesthesia shortage in Morocco, but the doctor decided to stitch up the heel without any anesthesia. Rebecca's yells of pain followed by crazy laughter could be heard several doors down the hall.
But Rebecca is a champ and she struggled through it all. The doctor discharged her with some over the counter pain meds and, inshallah Rebecca will catch her flight back to Canada on Wednesday.
Here is too wishing Rebecca a quick and safe recovery.
-Ben
You see Anna was a totally fearless American who had spent her mere 24 years on this earth convincing herself that she was invincible. After stints in Afghanistan and Iraq Anna decided that she wanted to go back to school to learn about chemistry so she could become a doctor. Unfortunately, she decided to take physical chemistry during her last year and it filled her head with chemistry nonsense. Therefor, she decided to leave the US and spend some time in Morocco learning Arabic. When she arrived she decided that she didn't like walking around and she didn't want to spend money on taxis for three months. Instead, she bought a 1985 moped.
Rebecca was an army brat for Canada. She went to college and spent a couple of years trying to learn Arabic. When she graduated college she couldn't find the job she wanted and instead decided to further her Arabic studies by traveling to Morocco.
Anna and Rebecca met in Morocco and instantly became friends, Anna would even drive them together on the moped all around the city.
Then one dark (actually rather sunny) Monday afternoon, Anna and Rebecca were driving to the souk when an evil (I have no data to support that claim) taxi driver pulled into a bus stop without signalling to pick up some fares. Anna did her level best to swerve around the taxi and successfully navigated the moped and herself away from the hazard. Unfortunately Rebecca's knee didn't quite miss the taxi. In fact, her knee blew through the tail light and bumper of the taxi. This sent her heel into the spokes of the moped rapidly followed by Rebecca into the air. She landed on the street and skidded for a bit before coming to a complete stop.
Now Anna managed to pull Rebecca to the side of the street and together they called the school that they were attending. Then they waited for about an two hours.
They, and the school helper (and me), grew tired of waiting for an ambulance and decided to drive to the hospital by themselves. When they arrived they were squished into an examination room and told that the doctor would be with them in a minute. Three hours later the doctor showed up. He looked the deep gash in Rebecca's knee and the piece of skin missing from her heel and said, "It's not so bad."
Then Rebecca and Anna were brought into the operating room where the doctor proceeded to root around in Rebecca's knee before giving her any local anesthesia. When he was sure she hadn't fucked up her knee too much he gave her local anesthesia for the knee and sewed her up.
Then he moved to the heel. He again, without anesthesia, pulled back the skin and cleaned the wound out. Now, I'm not sure if there is some sort of anesthesia shortage in Morocco, but the doctor decided to stitch up the heel without any anesthesia. Rebecca's yells of pain followed by crazy laughter could be heard several doors down the hall.
But Rebecca is a champ and she struggled through it all. The doctor discharged her with some over the counter pain meds and, inshallah Rebecca will catch her flight back to Canada on Wednesday.
Here is too wishing Rebecca a quick and safe recovery.
-Ben
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