Earlier this year, my mum had a brief stay in the hospital for a UTI.
Yes, we really are all kinds of glamorous here. Jealous, right?
Since I'm first generation out of the colonia, I was there A LOT. One afternoon, there was a great shifting around of beds and we ended up with one that had a traction thingy on it. Still not entirely sure why (that's a lie. it was attached to the bed they needed her in.), but I think the bigger mystery was the letters on the knob thingy.
After much googling, I found out that it stands for Texas Medical Industries*.
Who knew?!
One less mystery in my corner of the world. About eighty billion to go...
* Started in the 1960's, which totally explains the name/letters.
The post title had me all set for a big juicy story.
Now I'll have to make something up...
Posted by: gayle | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 04:34 AM
Why, you detective, you!!!!! Aren't you smart?
Posted by: CindyCindy | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 06:15 AM
I totally understand why you found this interesting and had to tell the story. I too have spent countless hours in places I didn't want to be trying to find anything entertaining. Good catch on the TMI.
Posted by: Karen | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 06:27 AM
ROTFLMAO!!!! That's hysterical!
Posted by: Annie | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 06:49 AM
Texas rocks. :)
Posted by: Squish | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 07:23 AM
Sometimes there is nothing to do at a hospital but wonder what the heck the abbreviations on the equipment stand for. Been there. Aren't you clever for figuring it out!! I usually go brain dead when I enter a hospital...and I wanted to be a nurse at one time. Good thing that didn't turn out!
xoxo
Posted by: Marilyn | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 07:31 AM
It does seem meant!
Posted by: Carrie K | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 08:38 AM
Here at Texas Medical industries' there's no such thing as TMI! Hope your mom is feeling better!
Posted by: Kelly | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Something good comes out of Texas...other than food products of course.
Posted by: silvia | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Quite a tease of a blog title. :D
xox
Posted by: Angie | Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 06:52 PM
Lol. I thought from the pic that you had gotten some new restraint system in your house...
Posted by: Kitten | Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 07:50 AM
Shucks, I was waiting for a revealing story of the kind that never, ever appears on your blog. Disappointment reigns.
Posted by: kmkat | Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I remember many years ago during a time of many medical adventures and all of their abbreviations, and on my way home from yet another appointment I saw a truck. On the side of it was written EGG Products. I kept thinking, what is an E-G-G? I know about an EKG, EEG, and ECG, but not an E-G-G. I felt so silly when I realized it was the word egg and not a medical abbreviation and realized how much that stuff was taking over my life. xoxo
Posted by: Sarah | Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 10:46 PM