Old, but Gold

[Old Koreelah]

A male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen

 

mask over his mouth and nose. A young student nurse appears and

 

gives him a partial sponge bath.

 

"Nurse,"' he mumbles from behind the mask, "are my testicles black?"

 

Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, Sir. I'm only

 

here to wash your upper body and feet."

 

He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, please check for me. Are my

 

testicles black?"

 

Concerned that he might elevate his blood pressure and heart rate

 

from worrying about his testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment

 

and pulls back the covers.

 

She raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his testicles

 

gently in the other.

 

She looks very closely and says, "There's nothing wrong with them,

 

Sir. They look fine."

 

The man slowly pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her, and says

 

very slowly, "Thank you very much. That was wonderful. Now listen

 

very, very closely:

 

Are - my - test - results - back?"