Funny things that pts say

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There are times when you just HAVE to join in and let your hair down.

Ro RO i would have loved to have you in recovery!! LOL

I was working in a 6 bed ward one night two men were VERY confused and restrained for their safety. Well, all night they they were "talking" to each other but not having the same conversation! One was talking about his home being burglarized and the other was laying cement somewhere... But they were going back and forth responding to each other as if they were old friends! Anyway, as this went on at one point one of them mentioned being tied down and the other one goes, "I'm tied down too... When you get out come over here and untie me!" Then they went straight back into their "conversation." The other nurse and I were trying so hard not to laugh but when that happened we couldn't help it!

When I worked in the PICU, I once took care of an infant with severe hydrocephalus who kept having seizures. The mom and dad (both 17 and first cousins... yeah, I'm from Kentucky), kept astonishing me with their questions.

One day, Daddy said, "Hey let me ask you something. If that seizure's in her brain, why's it makin' her arm twitch?"

I started to explain, "Well, you know how your brain controls everything else in your body..." I got a blank stare. Then I said, "Um.. Let me go get the resident! He will be able to explain it much better!"

Another time, a baby with asthma was admitted in the middle of the night. The mom stuck her head out the door and said, "Hey, excuse me! Do you got a toy or somethin'? He's gettin' tired of playin' with my cigarettes." Go figure, wonder why that kid has asthma?