Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Yo ho and a bottle o' pee!

Dr. Pissy or I occasionally order a urine test. So we have a patient bathroom with a bunch of urine sample cups & lids, and a Sharpie ink marker. Patients are told to write their name on a cup, pee in it, and put it in our lab.

So yesterday afternoon a lady walked out of the bathroom. Annie and I were talking in the hall, and she flagged us down.

"Um, excuse me, I have to give a urine specimen, and want to know how much you need. There are, like, 20 cups on the counter in there, and I don't think I can fill them all up."

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can't make this stuff up. Good lord.

Gen said...

But aren't you glad she asked first? LOL She could've been in there for awhile and then asked for a tray for all her samples. HA!

Julie said...

I'm REALLY glad she checked - could you imagine dealing with all of those cups

Peg said...

Regular lurker here who had to respond. I spit my coffee on the laptop. Remind me not to read you with drink in hand.

Anonymous said...

Oh, no she didn't! lolz

Mop said...

O.M.G. o_O

Li'l Azathoth said...

"And that's not even counting the lemon juice container."

Gloria P said...

My first ever pregnancy visit to the OB I took my early morning sample in the only container I could find at home--a pint Mason jar. Forty years later, I still remember hearing the nurses giggling in the lab area.

vicki said...

where do your patients come from? mars?

Anonymous said...

Gotta love her--really an overachiever! :-)) CP

Burger Doodle Chicks said...

I think she's been talking to my patients-so far this morning I've had, "Can they use pubic hair for a drug test?" and, "Is there formaldehyde in metformin", along with, "Can I drive my tractor while taking HCTZ?" I checked. The moon isn't full til *next* week. Can't wait to see what they all come with then.

Oh, blessed deliveryman of Diet Coke, don't fail me now!

Aura said...

Who said she DID ask first?

Perhpas after ascertaining the answer, she hastily made her way back into the bathroom and tipped the rest of the specimens down the toilet. After which she either threw the containers in the bin and put a heap of paper towels or toilet paper over the top, OR she washed and dried the containers and left them for the next patient.

terri c said...

My. Imagine how stressed she felt looking at all those cups!

Jules said...

This country just keeps getting dumber and dumber. Dear lord.

Pixie said...

Medical student here and I'm always falling out my chair laughing at the stories you have to tell! I look forward to seeing some such in the future, writing about it, becoming absolutely famous and retiring :)

 
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