In early January 2024, I underwent a medical procedure at Cooper University Hospital in Camden City. I was administered sedation, and the next thing I remember, I was waking up in the recovery room. Once the sedation wore off, I was released.
While waiting in the hallway for someone to push my wheelchair to valet parking downstairs, my wife Connie handed me my wedding ring She had been holding it since jewelry was prohibited in the room during the surgery.
As she hands me the ring, it slips out of my hand and falls to the floor, rolling down the hallway and out of sight. I got up to look for it, but a nurse warned me to get back in the wheelchair to avoid falling. I explained the situation, and several medical staff members soon joined the search. More joined when they learned we would celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary this year on April 18. All sorts of thoughts were running through my mind. I couldn’t bear to lose that ring after all these years; it holds too much sentimental value. Why didn’t I leave it at home? I kept asking myself. To make the ring even more special, Connie’s wedding band was soldered to mine. Due to severe arthritis, she is unable to wear her wedding ring.
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