Tickle Therapy

Imagine a woman in a horror movie slowly being tortured to death. The screams start deep from the gut and rise in pitch until finally the high note is reached, which is screetched in an ear drum piercing volume. It's worse than a woman in labor. This is the kind of scream that you only hear in the movies or in my unit in the hospital. This is what I listened to all evening. I just wanted to go in and slap her.

A kindly psychiatrist who came to see another patient who decided to go into a catatonic state, took pity on of us and ordered a special cocktail for her. It knocked her out cold for about an hour and then wore off. It was a one time order, so although the break was nice, we and the other patients had to endure that screaming for the rest of the evening. At least I finally got to go home. The patients are stuck, although two other confused patients did decide to chime in occasionally, making for a most unusual and annoying trio.

With regard to the catatonic patient, we have no idea what that was all about. At first they thought that she needed CPR and someone started doing chest compressions. It's a wonder they didn't crack her old ribs. Once they realized her vital signs were normal, they did a CAT scan of the head, thinking that she was having a major stroke. The test was fine along with the labs that were drawn. She was in a catatonic state just because she felt like it. After a few hours she got bored, plus she needed to go to the bathroom, so she "woke up". Why do we get all of the weirdos? If she does that again, I think that they should tickle her until she decides to wake up. Kootchie kootchie koo.....