It was the late 1960’s and I was in Vietnam as a 18 year old private. Well we were given leave and we were off to Sydney for some good clean fun…
We saw the harbor and the opera house then my buddies decided to get the young innocent private from Nowhere Illinois drunk and get him a hooker. They found a drink that didn’t taste like it was strong and about 8 hours later I woke up without my friends and with a young woman. She told me what my friends had done and after some coffee she proceeded to complete her contract with the fellas before helping me out the door. I found them and we all laughed it off and went about our business.
Fast forward to 2019 and I have a routine checkup and they find a 98% blockage. I get rushed to the cardiac unit, open heart surgery… triple bypass… My 3 girls all rush home from around the country to be with my wife. they are all there as I come out of surgery and are waiting in the room when they wheel me in from the surgical area. I start coming out of my anesthesia and decide that I need to lighten this burden on my soul and tell them the whole story… I do not remember saying anything about it but i’m told I was pretty graphic…