Monday, March 05, 2007

hm. that was awkward.

[me]: "Is the Foley giving you problems?"

[male patient in thick southie accent, mid 60's] : "Err. hm. yeah, I guess so. makes it hard to [mumble...mumble...trailing off]"

[me]: "I'm sorry? I didn't catch that. It makes it hard to..."

[male patient]: " To piss. To piss."

[me]: "I see. Is it all right if I take a look?"

[patient]: "Yeah sure. Ain't got nothin' left to lose."
[abruptly lifts up robe]

[Nurse comes in]: "Oh, god, I'm sorry! pardon me."

[patient, whispering to me after the nurse left]: "She liked it."

3 comments:

Molly said...

What's a Foley?

soulcalligraphy said...

my question exactly...

bostonmed said...

a tube that is placed up the urethra to help you excrete urine. sorry for not being specific