um, WAR EAGLE.
i slept through all of my schooling today in honor of cory's 23rd birthday, and that was by far the best decision i have made in a long time. also, our flag football team made the coed championship tonight, because we are awesome. hahaha.
now, i am copying & pasting this story from the livejournal of elilley730, because i was there to witness its occurence, and it completely made my day.
this, my dear friends, is why i love auburn so much (and you should too).
ben lee i know you are reading this & i strongly encourage you to take things like this into consideration when you are deciding upon a vet school. :)
this is a story of kindness and parking-lot-side medical assistance.
for the last couple days, my whole shoulder/neck area on the right side has been hurting. a lot. and today it was hurting to the point that i was having trouble moving and it was hard to focus on the million things i have to do. i've been complaining about it a good bit, and receiving random massages etc., but it just hurt worse by this evening. krisan picked me up from the library for dinner, and on our way to firehouse subs, she grew concerned about my shoulder as i described the "dull, but sharp" pain that felt like it was deep inside of me. so she pulled into the parking lot at the au medical clinic.
mind you, it is almost seven o'clock in the evening, dark outside, and cold, with random icy bursts of wind. the medical clinic looks dark, but krisan gets out and runs up to the door to see if it is still open. walking back toward the car, she made a face conveying the fact that medical attention had ceased for the night. as she walked back to the car, two men who were in the parking lot asked her if they could help her. she told them that her roomate in the car was having pains in her shoulder, and one of the men (the hero of this story), said "i am doctor Kam, ask your friend to get out of the car and i will help her."
keep in mind that this man is in the parking lot, about to hop in his car and head home for dinner, after a long day of attending irritating, and sick, college students. yet, with a chipper smile on his face, he showed me his medical name tag as i climbed out of krisan's new car to meet him on the sidewalk. he introduced himself to me, and then proceded to ask me all the doctor questions, and perform a thorough examination of my shoulder. following which, he diagnosed me with an inflamed rotator cuff, and told me to take 2 or 3 advil three times a day for five days and to put some rice in a pillow case and microwave it, creating a heating pad, and put it on my neck for 20 minutes every day. he also showed me how to do some stretches that will make it feel better.
all of these things he did, free of charge, in the parking lot, at night, after work, in the freezing cold. he did them with a cheerful, helpful attitude, and without hesitation. dr. fred kam is now my hero. this, i feel, is a good auburn moment, one that would perhaps make a better commercial than the two men in the airport. i am trademarking this story so no one can steal it for the commercial. if you are in charge of such things,let me know and i will be glad to sell it to you.
to those of you who do not go to auburn, this is a classic auburn experience, and i am sorry you do not get to attend a school in which people like this are rampant.
war eagle.
now, i am copying & pasting this story from the livejournal of elilley730, because i was there to witness its occurence, and it completely made my day.
this, my dear friends, is why i love auburn so much (and you should too).
ben lee i know you are reading this & i strongly encourage you to take things like this into consideration when you are deciding upon a vet school. :)
this is a story of kindness and parking-lot-side medical assistance.
for the last couple days, my whole shoulder/neck area on the right side has been hurting. a lot. and today it was hurting to the point that i was having trouble moving and it was hard to focus on the million things i have to do. i've been complaining about it a good bit, and receiving random massages etc., but it just hurt worse by this evening. krisan picked me up from the library for dinner, and on our way to firehouse subs, she grew concerned about my shoulder as i described the "dull, but sharp" pain that felt like it was deep inside of me. so she pulled into the parking lot at the au medical clinic.
mind you, it is almost seven o'clock in the evening, dark outside, and cold, with random icy bursts of wind. the medical clinic looks dark, but krisan gets out and runs up to the door to see if it is still open. walking back toward the car, she made a face conveying the fact that medical attention had ceased for the night. as she walked back to the car, two men who were in the parking lot asked her if they could help her. she told them that her roomate in the car was having pains in her shoulder, and one of the men (the hero of this story), said "i am doctor Kam, ask your friend to get out of the car and i will help her."
keep in mind that this man is in the parking lot, about to hop in his car and head home for dinner, after a long day of attending irritating, and sick, college students. yet, with a chipper smile on his face, he showed me his medical name tag as i climbed out of krisan's new car to meet him on the sidewalk. he introduced himself to me, and then proceded to ask me all the doctor questions, and perform a thorough examination of my shoulder. following which, he diagnosed me with an inflamed rotator cuff, and told me to take 2 or 3 advil three times a day for five days and to put some rice in a pillow case and microwave it, creating a heating pad, and put it on my neck for 20 minutes every day. he also showed me how to do some stretches that will make it feel better.
all of these things he did, free of charge, in the parking lot, at night, after work, in the freezing cold. he did them with a cheerful, helpful attitude, and without hesitation. dr. fred kam is now my hero. this, i feel, is a good auburn moment, one that would perhaps make a better commercial than the two men in the airport. i am trademarking this story so no one can steal it for the commercial. if you are in charge of such things,let me know and i will be glad to sell it to you.
to those of you who do not go to auburn, this is a classic auburn experience, and i am sorry you do not get to attend a school in which people like this are rampant.
war eagle.