me: do i look like a pet person?
unit clerk: yes you do. wow. you really do.
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doctor to unit clerk: when jv comes back from lunch, we'll tell her that he took one big gasp after she gave him the midazolam, and died!
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unit clerk to me: so the doctor wanted to tell you that your patient had died.
me: is that supposed to be funny?
nurse: yea, is it? joking about death isnt funny if the person is that close to it already
unit clerk: ok, so this is what we are going to do. We'll call the doctor and tell him that we told you the news and you FAINTED and hit your head and that now you are in emerg and he needs to come suture your lacerations.
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unit clerk: he's still in emerg! We'll call down there and tell him we just told you the news and you fainted and he needs to come down here. Lay on the floor and when he bends down, yell PSYCH!
me: i draw the line at laying on the hospital floor
nurse: slump over the table with your head down and i'll pretend to be taking your vitals when he comes in!
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me to doctor: doctor! ohmygoodness! guess what happened!? by the way, i heard about the joke you wanted to pull. Nice try. But seriously, when i went in to give him the midazolam, i was three-quarters through the procedure when suddenly he did this HUGE GASP....
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Was that Dr. Reznick, perchance?
aha. i just love the first one.
it was not Dr. Reznick. But it was his collegue. In fact, i think Dr. Reznick takes over his patients while he's here and does all his work. I guess that would make him the doctor's minion.
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