Mickey Goes to the Doctor

Today I went to the doctor. I haven't been to the doctor in 5 years.

But, I woke up this morning and I was surprised to discover my eyes were glued shut.

Instantly, I thought to myself "who glued my eyes shut?". I thought it might be my roommate. But, oops, I remembered I wasn't in college and no one plays pranks like that on me anymore.

I managed to wipe off some dried eye-goo, open my eyes and look in the mirror to discover they are blood red. Since I hadn't taken any overnight plane flights I figured it was somehow related to the cold I have had for the past 6 days. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention; I had a cold for like...the past...6 days. I treated it by promptly ignoring it and training hard on my bike. I think that's what most doctors would recommend. Well, maybe 4 out of 5 doctors would say I should rest. But, I appreciate that 5th rebel doctor who doesn't recommend Crest toothpaste and who says you should ignore a cold and pretend it's not there.

I went to work and I knew people were noticing my beet red eyes. Wanna know how I knew? They were making the Catholic "sign of the cross" at me and walking away from me really fast. I figured it was time to break down and schedule a doctor's appointment.

I have a friend who is a physician. His name is Dr. John Sawvel. He speaks English goodly and is also a personal friend. You should go see him because he's really nice. Only go see him if you live in Dayton. He's good, but he's not that good. He's also not available until 9am tomorrow. So, don't go right out and see him right now because he's busy. I figured I should get into the doctor as soon as possible because I am walking around with "Satan eyes" and scaring children. I asked for someone who I could see right now. Instead, of Dr. Sawvel, I got (I'm not making this up)...

...Dr. Kwabena Owsu-Dekyi. I just read that off the prescription.