More About Snuggies

     On one of the first days Rocky was in the hospital, Geoff or I asked whether we could bring in the Snuggie to cover Rocky since even in an 85 degree heated room he complained of being cold.


     "Of course," we were told by a female nurse, "you can bring in anything you want from home."


     I duly carried the Snuggie in to Rocky the next day, but didn't put it on him because Geoff, who was already there, said, "They won't let him have the Snuggie!"


     What? But yesterday, they said he could!?! "I don't understand why," Geoff said, "but they said he couldn't have it."


     Shortly after, a male nurse named Al came in. "Hey," I said, "how come we can't let Rocky have his Snuggie?"


      "Oh, no," Al said, "We don't allow Snuggies. They are too tight around the waist, and cause all kind of problems. We don't use any kind of diapers here."


     "Our Snuggie isn't a diaper," I said just as Al happened to notice our Snuggie still in the bag on the floor. "Oh," he gasped! "A Snuggie! I thought you were talking about those Snuggie diapers. Those aren't Snuggies, are they?" he realized, "those are Huggies!"


      Al gave permission for Rocky to be covered up by his Snuggie. And I gave Al permission to tell the story to the other nurses all day long.




The Old Crone