Being in triage is always an inspiration for blog stories. Just the sorry fact that these crazy fuckers are out among us is enough to take pause and thank your lucky stars that somehow you escaped lunacy for now.
A nice looking 20's something female comes into my room with epigastric pain for months but today is feeling something moving around, that something being what she thinks is worms.
I ask her if she's vomited, has rectal itching, weight loss, etc. Nicely she tells me that she has been reading on the internet about how worms can feel exactly like she's describing. She goes on to tell me that she also had googled about being tired and thinks that she might be diabetic and possibly has cancer in her bones because they hurt sometimes, too. She's tearful, says she is so worried.
I EMD'd her and sent her back. About 15 minutes later out she comes, sobbing because the doctor didn't believe her story and they wanted her to pay. Gasp, they wanted her pay!
An hour later Ms. Wormy returns. I see her checking in at the recept desk and she's holding a jar in her hand, showing it to the 8 month pregnant medic who is looking a little pale.
So, I walk out there and she spots me, showing me a jelly jar with a couple of earth worms in it and excitedly points to them and tells me, "Look what I vomited"!
Disclaimer: this is a different worm lady than the one I talked about a while back who brought the poop filled Coach purse in. Who knows, maybe they both saw this video on youtube:
4 comments:
I was afraid to click on the video. My cat vomited up a round worm a few wks ago and I almost vomited too....ick. To ID the type of worm, we watched a few vids on worms.....I am feeling sick just thinking about it......
om.......man. if i had seen that live i might have lost it. GROSS!!! i hope not, but considering what my reaction was to just watching the video.......all bets are off. didja see my joke about worms?
Hahaha! Next one that comes through the door, they're getting the NurseJ
recommendation.
best part, you can do-it-yourself! thought you'd like that one.
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