Craziest thing at work...

Sinman · Oct 30, 2012

In my second semester of nursing school I had a patient who was admitted for Acute Pancreatitis. I took a look at his intake labs and vitals and about fell out of my chair. His triglyceride levels were 1286 BP 250/180 Blood Glucose was 600+ while I was doing my initial assessment lab came in to draw blood and he had visible fat in his blood I was completely amazed he was even still alive.

(I didn't witness this one heard it from a fellow student) My friend was on her OR rotation watching a laproscopic GI surgery, the surgeon was sweating profusely and kept breaking off the surgery to lean against the operating table take a few deep breaths and then continue. She finally asked him if he was OK and he said "I'll be fine I'm just passing kidney stones right now" :wideyed:

T-Bird78 · Oct 30, 2012

Allergy testing a pt and she tested highly allergic to cats. Of course, she had 8 cats at home (and proceeded to show me pics and give their names). She told me that cats don't speak English, so you need to speak "cat" to make them mind you. She then proceeded to demonstrate how to speak cat. She said she giver her cats a bath weekly by putting them in the shower with her, but she'd tell them it was raining so they wouldn't get mad and jump out. Yep, she's showering herself and cats at the same time. She also mentioned that her goldfish had died and I asked if she gave it a proper flushing. She doesn't flush her goldfish because they can fake it (never seen a goldfish floating belly-up willingly) and they'll drown if you flush them. Yes, the FISH will drown in the toilet. Anyway, I couldn't help myself and asked what she did with her deceased goldfish. Her answer, and I am not making any of this up, is she puts her dead goldfish down the GARBAGE DISPOSAL!!!

I won the Academy Award that day for keeping a straight face during that conversation. Ugh.