Leave tomorrow, but we still work tomorrow morning until the newbies trickle in around noon. We’re all off to the UN tonight to do a little drunk drinking.
Have a very sad case that was just annoying until the CT Scanner (which hasn’t worked for months) got fixed and we just thought we’d use her as a test case. Not so much of a test, but we know what’s wrong with her. We just can’t do anything for her. It’s been a bummer this evening.
{Rewriting this because it didn’t make sense when I read it this morning. Toeing the line between patient privacy and public disclosure of my experiences.}
Sad case: We all thought that, yes, patient is sick, but she’s mostly being obnoxious and obdurate. The CT Scanner was fixed yesterday and because, technically, she’s ‘altered mental status,’ we might as well throw her in the CT to clear her head and test the machine. Results very bad and there’s nothing we can do for her here. There’s nothing we could do for her in the States. It was a bummer.
So, I’m going to turn to my oldest and truest friend… the sauce.
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