About 10 years ago I had to have neck surgery. It was scheduled for 10 AM and my wife an me arrived at the hospital at 7 AM. After registering, we were shown to a small room. We were in the old section of the hospital and the room was just large enough for the hospital bed and 2 chairs. Both chairs were at the end of the bed. I was given a gown and was told to take everything off and put on the gown. I changed and got in the bed and covered up with a blanket.
My office was not too far from the hospital and my secretary stopped by on her way to work. Mari sat down in the chair next to my wife. Mari and my wife chatted for a while. Mari was a divorcee about 45 years old, average looking and average body. We’ve known her and her kids for quite a few years.
My wife hadn’t eaten breakfast and it would be another hour before they would come for me, so she asked Mari if she wanted to go to the cafeteria for some breakfast. Mari said no, she had eaten before she left home. My wife asked Mari if she would wait with me until she got back and then my wife left for the cafeteria.
As soon as my wife left, the prep nurse came in and took my blood pressure and pulse and started asking the standard questions about my medications and fasting. She was standing along side the bed. When she was done with the questions she said because of the length of time the operation was going to take, she needed to put surgical compression stockings on me. She said they helped blood circulation during and after surgery.
The nurse must have thought Mari was my wife as she moved the blanket and lifted my gown up past my waist. There I was totally exposed to Mari. The stockings are tight and rolled up to the top of leg. It must have taken 5 minutes for both legs. Mari didn’t get up to leave the room or say anything. She didn’t bat an eye, just watched the show. After the nurse put the stockings on she covered me back up and put in the IV’s and left the room. After the nurse left, Mari said “I think what I just saw should stay between us”.
Shortly after the prep nurse left my wife came back and Mari left for work.
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