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| The Razorback Hogs - "Woo Pig Sooie!" - Calling the hogs. My uncle did that on his hog farm. |
The Highland Oncology Group uses its acronym on signs - H.O.G. - which honors the University of Arkansas nickname and cheer - Woo, Pig, Souie! The nurses at the door insisted on asking me all the Wuhan Flu questions again, even though I am often there, with or without Mrs. Ichabod.
"Where are you going next?" the nurses asked.
"The H.O.G. Pharm," I said.
"Hog farm?" they asked.
"Yes, the pharmacy for H - O - G."
They burst into laughter. "We never heard that before."
I told the senior pharmacist about their delight and added, "It is a concise and easy to remember name." On the way out, I told the nurses, "The pharmacist loves the name." I even got his assistant to smile about the name, once.
Overall, the staff is remarkably friendly, cheerful, and full of humor. They keep track of everyone because of multiple appointments, places to go, and the confusion that entails. Once I came back and asked where Mrs. I was. The lady at the desk said, "For $50 I will tell you." I said, "I will give $100 not to." The staff behind the desks erupted in laughter.
Their cheerfulness is a clue about their patient care. They are very efficient and helpful. Sometimes there is a glitch about meds or appointments, but they fix it immediately. They are completing a high-rise for another new office in Springdale, a few miles closer to our house. I said to the main oncologist, "I saw Highland on the sign. They are getting a little more sophisticated." The doctor, an Arkansas alumnus, said, "Yes. It's about time."
I told him about the Asian couple who could not understand why they were directed to another site with a big HOG sign on the outside.
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| The University of Arkansas was founded in 1871 on the site of a hilltop farm that overlooked the Ozark Mountains, giving it the nickname "The Hill".[17]
The university was established under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862. The university's founding also satisfied the provision in the Arkansas Constitution of 1868 that the General Assembly was to "establish and maintain a State University."
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