A little humor, folks.
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Subject: FW: Medical Stories
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From: Teresa Gabiola [mailto:tgabiola@westcoasthotels.com]
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Subject: FW: Medical Stories
> Some medical stories that are supposed to be true,... >
>
>A man comes into the ER and yells "My wife's going to have
her baby
in the
>cab!" The ER physician grabs his stuff, rushes out to the
cab,
lifts the
>lady's dress, and begins to take off her underwear.
Suddenly he
notices
>that
>there are several cabs, and he's... in the wrong one.
{oops...}
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>A nurse at the beginning of the shift places her
stethoscope on an
elderly
>and slightly deaf female patient's posterior chest wall.
"Big
breaths,"
>instructed the nurse.
>
>"Yes, they used to be," remorsed the patient.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a
wife that
her
>husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more
than
five
>minutes
>later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that
he had
died of
>a
>"massive internal fart."
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>I was performing a complete physical, including the visual
acuity
test. I
>placed the patient twenty feet from the chart and began,
"Cover
your right
>eye with your hand." He read the 20/20 line perfectly.
>
>"Now your left." Again, a flawless read.
>
>"Now both," I requested.
>
>There was silence. He couldn't even read the large E on the
top
line. I
>turned and discovered that he had done exactly what I had
asked; he
was
>standing there with both his eyes covered. I was laughing
too hard
to
>finish
>the exam.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>A nurses' aide was helping a patient into the bathroom when
the
patient
>exclaimed, "You're not coming in here with me. This is only
a
one-seater!"
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his
cardiologist,
he
>informed his doctor that he was having trouble with one of
his
medications.
>
>"Which one?", asked the doctor.
>
>"The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six
hours
and now
>I'm running out of places to put it!"
>
>The doctor had him quickly undress and discovered what he
hoped he
wouldn't
>see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now
the
instructions
>include "remove old patch before applying a new one."
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I
asked, "How
long
>have
>you been bedridden?"
>
>After a look of complete confusion she answered, "Why not
for about
twenty
>years-when my husband was alive."
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>A nurse caring for a woman from Kentucky asked, "So how's
your
breakfast
>this
>morning?"
>
>"It's very good, except for this Kentucky Jelly. I can't
seem to
get used
>to
>the taste," the patient replied.
>
>The nurse asked to see the jelly and the woman produced a
foil
packet
>labeled
>"KY Jelly."
>
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