Things that are bad to hear in urgent care clinic

[eredien]

We need to give you a shot of antibiotics.

You have a blood infection.

Go to the ER if this gets worse, otherwise come back tomorrow. Actually, come back tomorrow anyway and go to the ER now to get blood cultures done.

Me: it's not Wednesday?!

Humorous things you don't really want to hear from ER intake staff:
"Is rax your caseworker?"

Things I can do with less pain after injection:
Sit up
Open mouth
Lie down

Things I wasn't doing before the injection that I am doing now:
Eating
Sleeping (I hope)
Taking huge horse pills
Thinking that gatorade was the elixir of the gods

On the other hand, those weren't hives after all!

Comments

[silussa.livejournal.com]

I find myself reminded of the Food Service Manager, whose youngest daughter (17 months) had what appeared to be an infection in one ear, for which the doctor wanted to prescribe antibiotics.

Not believing in antibiotics so young, he took his daughter to the local children's hospital instead (Arnold Palmer).

As it turned out, it wasn't an infection...it was cancer. Malignant, too. Fortunately, they caught it VERY early, and believe there should be no further problems from it, although still waiting to see if her hearing recovers.

Surprising what one finds when dealing with medical problems, isn't it?

Get well soon.