27. BRUSH YOUR TEETH, KIDS
I’m an OR nurse and I had an oral surgery patient who had a self reported history of 250+ various surgical procedures, a list of 20 some allergies, tons of reported health issues, plus her pre-teen son supposedly had dozens health issues as well.
She refused to remove her glasses during induction, started screaming and crying about claustrophobia when we put the mask on her face. She also insisted on taking a stuffed animal to the OR.
Anyway, getting to the point. She was having oral surgery because she told us, insisted, that the last time she went to the dentist they told her not to brush her teeth for at least a year. So she hadn’t brushed her teeth in like a year and a half. That was one for the books…
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