Is This Possible??

[mrscoozy]

so i worked the night shift last night and one of my pts was a forty something female...hx of htn, new onset iddm, obestiy, and all sorts of other problems. anyway when i weighed her in the morning she had a wt gain of almost 27 pounds from the day before. believe me i weighed her several times on different scales. they were all relatively the same. has anyone ever heard of such a wt gain in one day?? is it possible??

[psalm, RN]

I had a diabetic friend gain 15 lb. in 24 hours and another one who swears she gained 40 lbs. in 2 days (she was in the hospital when this happened and she looked horrible. This was in 1976).

[Oz2]

This might be sad to say, but maybe the nurses had been pencil-whipping...

lmao...So that's what you call it!

[morte, LPN, LVN]

perhaps you had more things ON the bed than they other nurses?

[november17, ASN, RN]

perhaps you had more things ON the bed than they other nurses?

Like what? A dumbbell? 27 lbs is a lot of weight even with extra blankets or equipment

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

A 27-lb weight gain...I think the odds are 99% that this is due to an error with the initial weighing.

And if it does happen to be the unlikely 1%...I never heard of such a massive weight gain in one day but who knows, it's probably possible. I would think you'd be able to notice a 27lb weight gain on a person though :)

[Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN]

:chuckle I can imagine how he looked at you.

That's over 12 kilos, meaning over 12 liters of fluid retention if ever!? The patient must have that loose and large skin surface area which can accommodate that amount of gain and not showing the expected significant signs of fluid overload.

Even Spongebob can't be that absorbent (Kidding). Here I am again, crazy as ever

I guess you missed the episode where he got the "Ick"!!! :) now you know what I do after I get off of work! I go home and watch Spongebob after a rough shift! ha ha!