Quote Originally Posted by surgtech1956 View Post
BTW, about you and your doctor marking your leg, the hospital where I work, the doctors have been marking the patients - site of surgery for years now, plus before we begin the surgery we do a time out to identify the correct patient/surgery/site, etc..... You'd be surprised on how many wrong leg, kidney, etc... has been operated on in this country - its for your protection.
Oh I bet!!! It IS a good thing. I just thought it was kinda funny at the time. A brief moment of happy before hysterics to escape set in fully. Not that I was gonna get very far hopping on one leg.