Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 524 (Q7435)

I was 21 days in traction. I'm trying to get out of the hospital. Finally the doctor said, "I've never talked to anybody that wanted to get out so bad. There's one thing that maybe would work. If I let you go, you have to promise me to go back to Waikiki Beach, where you got hurt, and float [ ] hours a day, because what we're doing here is pulling your neck off the nerve, and one other way tha ...