Oddest things found in a patient!

[Antikigirl]

So it was kinda a wacky fun day at the med surge area yesterday...and there was this article in our newspaper about a man who put in like 12 long nails by nail gun in his head...then later on (like weeks) came into an ER with complaints of constant head ache. Go figure that ER got a great x-ray! LOL!

So we were talking to the docs around the nurses desk and they were being kinda silly and brining up the oddest things they have seen in patients...and it was amazing and funny!!!!!

One doc said during his ER rotation a man was very drunk and his buddies bet he couldn't put a big old Japanese Glass float (the green glass orbs you can find at the beach) up his rectum. Now this wasn't the small ones..this was one that was three times that size...a little smaller than a bowling ball! Guess it took him 4 hours and he did it! Well...okay now how does one remove that once it is stuck in the pelvis??? UHGGGGGG.

SO it took a team of 5 docs to think about it...and it was decided after many different ideas...the float must be broken up and removed very carefully. It was done with little damage to the area! Good job docs!

Then that same doc asked us nurses "what is the most popular item found up a rectum"...we guessed some items and we were all wrong...He told us it was shot glasses!?!?!? He said that even this hospital has a protocol for the removal! OMGosh!!!! Guess they use plaster to fill the glass, insert a long probe into the plaster..wait for it to solidify..and lube, patience, and lots of pain meds it can be pulled out!

Another doc talked about a man who ate poker chips and was all filled up and blocked, and was wondering why he had such bad constipation! That was a good surgery there!

What interesting items have you heard of...and how did they remove them?????? LOL!

[brillohead, ADN, RN]

When my son was in preschool, I took him to the doctor for a checkup prior to our family taking a 10-day Caribbean cruise. He had battled chronic ear infections for the previous two years, and even though he wasn't complaining of any pain or anything, I wanted an "all-clear" from our own pediatrician before we left the country.

So the pediatrician looks in his ear, steps back with a puzzled look on her face, and looks in his ear again. When I asked her what was wrong, she said, "It looks like there's a ROCK in his ear!"

So I look at my kid's face, and he had that "I'm busted" look that we moms know so well.

Me: "Son, why is there a rock in your ear?"

Him: "Well, I found it on the playground at preschool... and then it was time for naptime... and my pants didn't have any pockets..."

Me: "So, let me get this straight -- you put a rock IN YOUR EAR because you didn't have any pockets to put it in?"

Him: "Yeah..."

Fortunately, they were able to use a warm water flush to get it out at the ped's office. Ped said that in all her years of practice, that was the largest object she's ever seen come out of a kid's ear without having to send the kid to an ENT specialist for removal.

The kid seems to have some sort of an obsession with rocks... when he was 5yo I caught him putting little white rocks in the special pouch that he uses for leaving his teeth for the Tooth Fairy. "Well, they LOOK like they could be teeth, so I just thought I'd see if the Tooth Fairy would give me money for them...."

And people wonder why I only had one kid!

[squeakykitty]

Oddest thing found in a patient?

Common sense.

I love this one, this seems to be SO true.

[Nursetastic]

In fourth or fifth grade a kid in my class swallowed an open safety pin. That was over 25 years ago. A couple of weeks ago, some of us had an impromptu reunion (Thanks to Facebook). Anyway, he lifted his shirt and proudly showed off the 6 inch scar that commemorates that little incident. I remember the day it happened like it was yesterday.

[rph3664]

When my son was in preschool, I took him to the doctor for a checkup prior to our family taking a 10-day Caribbean cruise. He had battled chronic ear infections for the previous two years, and even though he wasn't complaining of any pain or anything, I wanted an "all-clear" from our own pediatrician before we left the country.

So the pediatrician looks in his ear, steps back with a puzzled look on her face, and looks in his ear again. When I asked her what was wrong, she said, "It looks like there's a ROCK in his ear!"

So I look at my kid's face, and he had that "I'm busted" look that we moms know so well.

Me: "Son, why is there a rock in your ear?"

Him: "Well, I found it on the playground at preschool... and then it was time for naptime... and my pants didn't have any pockets..."

Me: "So, let me get this straight -- you put a rock IN YOUR EAR because you didn't have any pockets to put it in?"

Him: "Yeah..."

Fortunately, they were able to use a warm water flush to get it out at the ped's office. Ped said that in all her years of practice, that was the largest object she's ever seen come out of a kid's ear without having to send the kid to an ENT specialist for removal.

The kid seems to have some sort of an obsession with rocks... when he was 5yo I caught him putting little white rocks in the special pouch that he uses for leaving his teeth for the Tooth Fairy. "Well, they LOOK like they could be teeth, so I just thought I'd see if the Tooth Fairy would give me money for them...."

And people wonder why I only had one kid!

:lol_hitti

That's funny!

[teeniebert, LPN]

My sister, at age 2, stuck a piece of elbow macaroni up her nose. Cooked elbow macaroni, right out of the tuna/pasta salad on her plate. Mom tried and tried to get it out, but ended up taking her to the ER because every time she'd get hold of the macaroni with the tweezers, she'd end up breaking off a tiny piece but not moving the noodle. The best part? A neighbor lady came to watch me for the afternoon, and she let me watch Tom and Jerry instead of Mom's soap opera.

[brillohead, ADN, RN]

My sister, at age 2, stuck a piece of elbow macaroni up her nose. Cooked elbow macaroni, right out of the tuna/pasta salad on her plate.

Saving a snack for later, maybe? LOL

[bluemushroom]

We had a man show up in the ER here with an Idaho potato (rather large one) and then followed by a Kroger jelly jar! Of course he did have a little taste and chose the grape flavor! hehe The x-rays were phenomenal and the pt had to have them surgically removed.

There are pictures of an incident very much like this one on rotten.com. This site is GRAPHIC. Be forewarned. :)

I remember the first time I saw those pictures on rotten. :chuckle

I just went back to the site to see if it was a Kroger grape jelly jar in the photos, and it was! I wonder if that's the guy...