Just thought I'd share something gross

CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN · Oct 23, 2008

see...I will take maggots over vomit. :lol2:

nurseby07 · Oct 23, 2008

I think that is really disgusting, BUT, I would take it over the unbelievably foul smelling wound vac change with the colostomy leaking into it, with the the patient holding the colostomy contents in her cupped hand and forgetting she was holding it and them wiped her brow, as I had today.

soulofme · Oct 23, 2008

GEEZ...........I should have stayed with the post office!:barf01:

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Oct 23, 2008

I think that is really disgusting, BUT, I would take it over the unbelievably foul smelling wound vac change with the colostomy leaking into it, with the the patient holding the colostomy contents in her cupped hand and forgetting she was holding it and them wiped her brow, as I had today.

Okay.........I've been a nurse for a long time and have a cast-iron stomach, but THAT mental picture just about made me bring my dinner back for an encore. YEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH :no:

AZO49008 · Oct 23, 2008

My nursing instructor related an experience in which they needed to emergently replace a guy's trach tube. Before they could get it completed, the guy vomited and it came spewing out of the trach hole.

Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww.

loricatus · Oct 23, 2008

I got an admission last night. The guy is diabetic and as a consequence, is legally blind. He comes in for left foot cellulities with a gangrenous, necrotic toe. Upon closer inspection, the toe appeared to be moving. Upon even closer inspection, the toe was infested with..... magots. This is the most disgusting thing I've seen so far.

Similar thing happened to me a couple of years ago, except my guy wasn't legally blind-just in deep denial and had a enabling wife. I agree with you that it is the ultimate of grossness. Wait, Yours only had one toe with those creepy crawlers? This guy's both feet, with the 7 remaining toes were infested, & even the resident puked.

nurseby07 · Oct 23, 2008

Okay.........I've been a nurse for a long time and have a cast-iron stomach, but THAT mental picture just about made me bring my dinner back for an encore. YEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH

Sorry! I have to start honing in on my table manners for Thanksgiving when my mother-in-law is here eating at a table with three nurses!

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Oct 23, 2008

Sorry! I have to start honing in on my table manners for Thanksgiving when my mother-in-law is here eating at a table with three nurses!

It's OK. I have to watch my own mouth when my sister is around........she's pretty easily grossed out. I normally can watch surgeries on TV and describe stage IV decubs while eating a full-course meal, but this imagery made my stomach do somersaults.:chuckle

The toe thing was also pretty gnarly---I've had toes fall off in my hands, but never seen one full of maggots. BARF!

OregonGal · Oct 23, 2008

Geez, it just keeps getting better...."fall off in your hands"....yeeeewww

StrwbryblndRN · Oct 23, 2008

I had one pt with diabetic ulcer admitted for wound care. The wound looked like shredded meat. It was the size of a small pancake on his ankle/lower leg. (not deep just wide)

I know that does not sound gross but his wife was a RN at another hospital. Granted she can't be held responsible for his problem but she would come in and dictate his insulin coverage and everything else. My thought was he would not be in this state if she did it right at home.

Pudnluv, ASN, RN · Oct 23, 2008

We had a similar situation. A woman came in with infected leg ulcer. It seemed that when her daughter went to visit her at home, she noticed the bandage moving. The ulcer was infested with maggots. It took 2 hours in the ED to pick them out and then when she got to the floor, we had a container to place any stray ones we found in it. I couldn't even go into the room without gagging! My question was, did the daughter drive mom in her car, or call an ambulance? Cause, Mom I love ya, but maggots in my car????? Ewwwwwwww......