Once upon a time, old people complained too much. Then one day… surprise! — you throw your back out picking up a sock and a decades-old scar decides to snack on your bowels. Welcome to adulthood.

In this episode, Wendy takes you along on an unexpected hospital adventure filled with paperwork, fruit cocktail, night nurses, and a crash course in pain, patience, and perspective. Along the way, she reflects on the strange full-circle nature of hospitals — the same place that delivered her babies now housing her newest (and least glamorous) medical saga – and the scars that tell stories, the people who care for us when things fall apart, and why some hospital freebies are worth keeping long after you’re discharged.

Come take a walk with us On Carlson Drive.