OR memories
While Working with Dr Rongaus. He decided to send his long time friend PJ (the pathologist) an odd specimen Soon afterwards we got a call into the operating room. And it was the pathologist. Over the speaker on the wall, you hear. Chief. Can you hear me. Hello. Chief are you there? This was in a very thick Indian accent. Val pipes up and says. Ya PJ. I hear ya. So what do you think it is? Chief. I don't know. But it looks lilke a booger-Oma. Chief. Hello. Did you hear me? Then DR. Rongaus yelled. good guess PJ. Good work. Dr. Rongaus thought the intercom was turned off after that brief exchange. That's when he went into all his greatness. He had an audience of interns,residents and medical students along with the OR staff. He spouted off in his loud animated voice. I will tell you what. That Son of a witch right there couldn't pick his own dang family out of his own photo album. Then a few seconds later you hear on the intercom. Hello chief. Was you talking to me? In that thick Indian accent You could tell he was smiling under his mask and simply said. No PJ. Just hang up the dang phone. I still often tell stories of him. He was a great person a great man and my life has been better by knowing this great man. Another real quick saying that I have used countless times. A patient asked Dr. Rongaus how long a cyst had been on his back. He simply replied Since Moby Dick was a dang minnow. We all know Dr Rongus never used words like dang and witch. Lol. That's all it would let me type. Rip Dr Rongaus. Thanks for the memories. Brian Hamon. O-PA-C
Posted by Brian Hamon
Thursday October 6, 2016 at 12:16 am