On the surface, this is a disturbing & thought-provoking journey from a mundane medical procedure to merciful suicide. A typical 40-year-old man goes to a hospital for a routine colonoscopy, and through a symphony of errors, is reduced to a bedridden amputee suffering from bizarre hallucinations, including a stereotypical hot young nurse, an unfaithful wife, and a sadistic orderly with pruning shears. Meanwhile, his attentive family and devoted doctor are helpless, and don't even realize the agony he is enduring. Eventually, he escapes his terrifying existence the only possible way left to him.But that's merely the skin of the story...On a deeper level, it is an examination of US foreign policy, government error (or possibly conspiracy), and the demise of western civilization embodied in George Bush, whom the writer deems 'grievously' ill.
Question: What does the name originally go to the hospital for?, Answer: Colonoscopy Question: How old is the man who goes into the hospital?, Answer: 40 Question: What does the sadistic orderly in the man's hallucinations carry?, Answer: Pruning shears