The Buckets by Greg Cravens for May 12, 2018

Gotta love those blood thinners. They help keep you alive, the hard way!

Sarah’s not bored. I guarantee it. But I know how Larry feels too – at least from the standpoint of having nothing to do. Been there and it’s true. Without visitors of some kind, even just the staff doing their jobs, the monotony is endless. Machines whir, things beep, phones ring, bells and alarms go off, and your room, or as much of it as you can see, has not changed one iota. TV is worse. Reading, radio or maybe the hybrid of audio books is the only solution I found.

This particular strip is hilariously funny. I know it’s about a matter of death or life and I’ve been in that bed and in that chair myself during my life, but I can’t help breaking into a snigger fit every time I look at the second and the third panel.

Greg, even if the story was written by blunt reality, your art of telling and illustrating is wonderful. Thank you.

Thank you, Noel at Baptist Hospital for socking your fist into the bleed and keeping pressure til it stopped. Thank you for everyone else that ran in and helped while I had my eyes squeezed shut and I’m sorry for the yellin’. Thanks, guys! …And thanks to my wife for not hitting the Code Blue button even once, though I distinctly remember twice that she said she was gonna.

I’ve been there many times in my life. Hospital is BORING!

Okay, I know this is grim, but I am sitting here crying with laughter. What fantastic art ….

I think the hospital is one of those places you want to be bored at.

I experienced something similar after my open-heart surgery. They were taking on my first walk down the hallway when I got dizzy. She hustled me back to bed and a bunch of folks gathered around, doing this and that. It was at this moment that I noticed I had a wide-eyed visitor from work… ☺

My surgeon (who was not going to be available for a few days) was filling out the discharge papers two days after surgery when his colleague found him. Something silly about my kidneys failing and blood pressure dropping (NOT the surgeon’s fault). The recovery from that took a week. Greg, thanks for the forum to discuss this – it really helps!!! And yes, ANY furniture in a hospital is not designed for the patient, but for the of the personnel who use it. I just wish that it was padded well enough for the patient to occupy for a few days….. 8^)

Greg … spoke to your colourist for Buckets today (he’s in TO … why aren’t you??) ANYWAY … he says “enough with this arc… I’m tired of colouring grey!” LOL

He was a REALLY nice guy … glad to have met him.

This is So. Very. True.

I have been in Sarah’s place more times than I care to.

Note to self: If I’m ever in a hospital bed, hooked up to multiple machines with things dripping in my arm, be grateful it’s not worse and DO NOT SNARK. At ANYTHING!

Thanks @gregcartoon, this strip is hilarious. Sorry you had to go through such an ordeal for inspiration. Keep well.