Holy shit, I can’t believe the resident said that
So I was workin’ this weekend–imagaine that, me workin’ on a weekend–and I don’t know if there was a full moon out or what on Saturday, but people were actin’ crazy.
For one, three male patients came in because their girlfriends stabbed them. Two, were pretty superficial requiring only minimal sutures. The third, however was pretty bad.
Anyways, a patient I was helping out with required a foley and yes, yous truly was the lucky guy who got to put it in. The nurse was kinda joking around when she told me be sure to “get a firm grip at the base and show it who’s the boss.”
I couldn’t help but silently chuckle at that. Anyways, I was preparing to begin, I told him that he’d feel a lot of pressure when I inserted the catheter. The patient just looked up at me and said “Lou doesn’t like those.”
At first, I was confused as to why the patient was suddenly talking about himself in the third person. I said, “Excuse me?” The patient repeated, this time with a slight gesture down to where I was about to cause him some great discomfort, “Lou doesn’t like those.”
One of the residents in the room said, “Well Lou’s about to have his mouth full and won’t be able to complain.”
I was amazed the doctor was able to say it with a straight face. I finished up, and the nurse and I both left the room and had a really good laugh over that one!
Needless to say, Lou had his mouth full for the rest of his stay in the ER.