{"id":14695,"date":"2013-08-28T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14695"},"modified":"2013-09-05T17:17:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T01:17:42","slug":"the-taking-of-my-moms-life-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/08\/28\/the-taking-of-my-moms-life-juice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taking Of My Mom’s Life Juice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Took my mom for a blood draw in preparation for her scheduled doctor appointment on Thursday. Went quick and easy. Got in right away and she was done within five minutes. The perfect kind of clinic appointment…except for that needle in the arm part.<\/p>\n

The grocery shopping that happened afterwards was unfortunately neither quick nor easy. But it didn’t have any needles. Six of one, half dozen of the other.<\/p>\n

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\"Perlman's <\/a>
Perlman’s Place of Pain <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Room <\/a>
Room of waiting <\/div> <\/div>
\"Now <\/a>
Now with less blood <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Took my mom for a blood draw in preparation for her scheduled doctor appointment on Thursday. Went quick and easy. Got in right away and she was done within five minutes. The perfect kind of clinic appointment…except for that needle in the arm part. The grocery shopping that happened afterwards was unfortunately neither quick nor … <\/p>\n

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