What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

Sitting here feeling a bit depressed and this just cheered me up lol

About two years ago, I brought my son to the ER. He had a rather sudden onset of abdominal pain. Bad enough to make him cry. He was 7 at the time so he was old enough not cry at every little thing. He wasn't super specific but when I asked the right questions he indicated that he had abdominal pain, nausea and a low grade fever. So I'm thinking appendicitis. I take him in and they do blood work which shows his WBC's are slightly elevated. So the doctor decides to do an abdominal ultrasound. The u/s is inconclusive - shows some inflammation but nothing obvious. So we are getting ready to do a CT scan when the nurse convinces the doc to do a strep test just to be sure.

Sure enough - it is strep. I can't believe how silly I felt. Here I am, an RN, and I brought my son to the ER for strep throat! To add insult to injury our insurance plan was a high deductible plan so when all was said and done we paid over 1K to find out he had strep! At least we paid right? As stupid as I felt, I keep in mind that it was NOT a typical presentation of strep, and he had the doctor fooled too.

Do not feel bad! I was ER nurse and my son - also 7 or 8 - had extreme abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. He cried when anyone touched his belly so off to the ER we went (it was the Er where I worked). the Doc thought appendicitis and sent us to a surgeon. After another round of tests and before sending us to be admitted the surgeon ordered a strep test. Guess what he had strep. I felt like an idiot!!! Turns out that for some, abdominal pain is an indicator of a significant case of strep.

I thought we were the only ones that did this. Glad to know there are at least two.

Are their throats inflamed on exam? Or do you screen on every abd pain?

Pt. presents to sign in for the Emergency Deparment.

25 YO W/F presents to the emergency department via BLS
Pt. offers complaint
"My boyfriend and I were messing around, now my Cell Phone is inside me!"
Dr. states "What's the number, we'll call and see if it's still on" I couldn't believe my ears, the rest of the staff couldn't stop laughing for days!!!!