medical technicians, the fastest growing career course amongst Texas hicks
Another funny moment from my current medical adventures... (since I'm sure not having adventures anywhere else):
Two technicians crouched over my arm holding a long conversation about whether or not that thing they were feeling was really a vein. The woman doing the IV stick thought it might be a vein, but she wasn't sure. Should she go get someone more experienced? The second guy who came in just to consult was pretty sure it was a vein, especially after poking it like FIFTY TIMES. I was so terrified. I had images of her accidently ripping open my arm somehow and me doing a melodramatic Sophie from Kill Bill 1 reenactment. Amusingly, when they finally did stick in the needle, it was the best stick I've had to date. No digging around trying to find the vein or having to pull it out and try again.
Later in the IVP process, the female technician came in and exclaimed "yup, that's one of the biggest kidney stones I've ever seen" in her big Texas accent. Hello, let my doctor tell me that, because you, lady, are psycho. In general, I spent most of the day wanting to strangle her. She was just... really brusk... and either easily flustered or completely new at what she was doing. She kept randomly sticking her hand in my crotch to move me half a centimeter in some direction, with no warning at all and no discernable reason she couldn't put her hand on my abdomen or a side of my leg.
Two technicians crouched over my arm holding a long conversation about whether or not that thing they were feeling was really a vein. The woman doing the IV stick thought it might be a vein, but she wasn't sure. Should she go get someone more experienced? The second guy who came in just to consult was pretty sure it was a vein, especially after poking it like FIFTY TIMES. I was so terrified. I had images of her accidently ripping open my arm somehow and me doing a melodramatic Sophie from Kill Bill 1 reenactment. Amusingly, when they finally did stick in the needle, it was the best stick I've had to date. No digging around trying to find the vein or having to pull it out and try again.
Later in the IVP process, the female technician came in and exclaimed "yup, that's one of the biggest kidney stones I've ever seen" in her big Texas accent. Hello, let my doctor tell me that, because you, lady, are psycho. In general, I spent most of the day wanting to strangle her. She was just... really brusk... and either easily flustered or completely new at what she was doing. She kept randomly sticking her hand in my crotch to move me half a centimeter in some direction, with no warning at all and no discernable reason she couldn't put her hand on my abdomen or a side of my leg.