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Aristus
(66,340 posts)Parents who dash into the clinic frantically asking me to treat their baby's "fever". The baby will have a temperature of 98.9 - not a fever.
Or there are some mothers who bring their 5 year-old boys in for a genital examination. They're just sure there's something wrong with their equipment. I don't know what it is about some mothers that they're worried their boys won't grow up to become award-winning mattress commandos. I've had to tell anxious mothers that there's nothing wrong with their little angels.
And then there are parents who smoke around their children. But that's another story. And the General Discussion Edition had a very ugly ending...
I_T_W!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Parents were patients.
It they continue to smoke they are destined to become patients again.
Have a rewarding day at the clinic today.
Aristus
(66,340 posts)Have you any idea how many patients I have with COPD and asthma? They come in with an O2 Sat of 91%, coughing and rasping. "Doc, I can't figure out why I can't breathe!"
"Still smoking a pack a day?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I think we're on to something here."
I'll give them a nebulizer treatment, instructions on cutting down their cigarette consumption, nicotine patches if they have insurance, and info on smoking cessation programs. After that, the ball is in their court.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Aristus
(66,340 posts)...in some areas, anyway...
nolabear
(41,960 posts)Some people don't have them or don't have good ones they can go to to say "Honey, it's okay. That shit happens all the time."
Aristus
(66,340 posts)But I'm nervously eying my schedule for this afternoon. It's starting to fill up...
Friday afternoons tend to be hectic.
In_The_Wind
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Aristus
(66,340 posts)That's what he gets for hiding out in the shower. That's where I do 70% of my peeing...
In_The_Wind
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Aristus
(66,340 posts)My superiors seem to like my work...
...so far...
AnneD
(15,774 posts)When I worked in the clinic, I developed the bladder capacity of a Winnebago septic system.....
I would drown a murderer if peed on them. As Gramps would say, like a cow peeing on a flat rock.......
Aristus
(66,340 posts)After clinic starts, all bets are off.
AnneD
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Aristus
(66,340 posts)Holy water!...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Golden Showers
Aristus
(66,340 posts)as explained above...
Don't think he'll get that much of a kick out of it, though...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)That's what he gets for hiding out in the shower.
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My personal point of view: ew ...
Aristus
(66,340 posts)Never saw the appeal...