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Misadventurous Melissa

Everyday is an adventure, or misadventure as the case may be. It is the latter that makes for the best stories, inspiring the name of my blog. I'm a nurse and an attorney (and way too silly sometimes). I am retired now. WELCOME to my blog! This is a work of fiction inspired by true events. The patients I refer to are a patchwork quilt of various patient's problems mixed together. If you think you recognize someone, you are wrong. These people do not really exist.

Monday, January 16, 2006

What's That Smell?

I walked into a room with four patients and it had a poopy smell. Three of the patients were incontinent and confused, so one by one, I began rolling them over to find out who did it. They were all clean. My attention became focused on the one "normal" patient in the room. Approaching him, I noticed a pile of ethnic food on his table. That was the source of the smell. Thank goodness I won't be going to his house for dinner.

My patient was feeling restless and decided to go for a walk. He left wearing only a gown and socks and took his IV pole and other equipment with him. Every floor has sitting areas for people to, well, sit. He became fatigued and sat down. A security guard came along and told him that the sitting area was only for patients and that he would have to leave. The guard was not joking. Perhaps when they hire security guards they should first make sure that they have an IQ at least the same as a monkey.


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3 Comments:

At 1/16/2006 02:02:00 PM, Blogger Running2Ks said...

Sure makes you wonder who that guard is hanging out with in real life!

 
At 1/16/2006 07:42:00 PM, Blogger Melissa said...

I wonder if he was hit in the head by a falling orange and suffered brain damage.

 
At 1/17/2006 12:11:00 AM, Blogger Melissa said...

For it being a hospital, it's amazing how many dead fish are lying around on counters.

I love lamb too, but it is hard for me to eat it knowing where it comes from. Why does it have to taste so good? Why can't beans taste like roast lamb?

 

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