Gotta love working in an elementary school!

Published Jan 11, 2012

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.

Today i got a frantic call from a 1st grade teacher. She found a pile of bloody toilet paper in the girls bathroom. "Where did the blood come from?" I asked. She didn't know."OMG! what are we going to do?! This is a lot of blood!" She is clearly hysterical so I walk down there and sure enough there's a pile of tissue with reddish-brown clots and streaks. In walks the prinicpal--apparently she was also notified to COME QUICK. We're standing there looking at this pile and looking at each other. Something doesn't add up? So I lifted a piece up where I could get a good look at it and...sniiiiiffffffff....Yup. That's poop. Reddish-brown post-fruit-slushie poop. The principal just burst out laughing and said, "People would NOT believe what goes on in a school. I can't believe you picked that up and smelled it!" Meh. All in a day's work, ma'am...