New soap opera...

So here we are starting our very own medical soap opera.  Given the colours of two of the characters, I like the title, Grey's Anatomy.  But my human tells me that has already been used.  How about Healing Hands - Healing Paws. Kind of tacky - but humans love that kind of stuff.  And here is the list of characters:

The handsome but sluggish, lacklustre patient who doesn't have an appetite.  But who WILL eat some food in tiny pieces - IF and only if it is fed to him by hand.

The attending doctor who got her medical degree on the Internet. She is neurotic and obsessive - and tries ANYTHING she can do to get the patient to eat.  She is also a new gourmet chef - offering up a buffet of food options.   Most of which the patient snubs his nose at.  While the other two characters are going out of their minds.

The cheerleader nurse.  Who is either yelling to encourage the patient to eat - or to remind the "Doctor" that food must never go to waste. 

The custodian.  Who rushes into the room after the buffet has been removed - and vacuums up any miniscule particles that the patient may have dropped while eating.  

Although the patient does lack energy, while the doctor was taking her shower yesterday, she looked out the glass and saw the patient crawling onto HER bed.  Where he is generally discouraged from relaxing.  But in an attempt to accommodate the patient's every need, the doctor not only let the patient STAY on the bed, she provided him with menu options.  So he essentially got his meal IN bed.

So that was how the story went yesterday - starting around 5 AM and lasting all day long.  The patient would sleep and then the doctor would try to get him to eat whenever he woke up.  While the cheerleader and custodian watched.  What made matters challenging was the fact that it rained all day - so the cheerleader and custodian didn't even get to play much outside.  Thank GOODNESS the forecast is for better weather today. 

I'm not sure that this soap opera will win any awards - but one thing for sure - the characters are certainly interesting!  Now we just need a theme song...wasn't there an old song by Willie Nelson called "Crazy?"   That seems apropos...