What Yelling?

Yeah, it was pretty bad. The old man kept shrieking, WHY, WHY WHY?!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! WHYYYYYY?!!! DADDY!

None us liked listening to that, but what could we do? Despite restraints, the patient managed to pull out his urinary catheter and was now lying in a pool of blood. Of course it hurt. He pulled out some of the lining of his penis and his bloody hands were rubbing his bleeding appendage.

His nurse tried inserting another catheter which resulted in more screaming. She couldn't get it in, so it was decided to just put a diaper on him and hope that he can pee. He may need to be seen by a urologist later.

Cleaning him up was not easy. He grabbed at us with his bloody hands as we washed him and changed his sheets. Yes, he was screaming like a banshee, but what could we do? He was given pain medication, but it takes time to work. He was too confused to understand our attempts to reassure him.

While this was going on, a visitor to another unit on the other side of the building walked to our front desk and in an officious manner asked for how long he had been screaming.

The secretary replied, "Who." Of course she knew who, she just didn't like what he was insinuating.

He replied, "You didn't even notice. How long has that man been screaming?"

She glared over her glasses at him and answered ,"Why?"

The visitor left without another word. He probably thinks that we are all barbarians who don't care or even notice if someone is screaming for help. We think he's a jerk for implying that. I hope that we don't hear about this on Monday.