More Bitterness Than Brains
This patient came in with an abdominal bleed. Two hours later, the OR sent for the patient, but she refused. Her reason made me shake my head. She said that if the doctor could make her wait for surgery, then he could wait for her…as if it was a game of petty revenge.
After several rounds of doctors and nurses educating her and begging her, the surgeon came down to see what was going on. After speaking with her for a while, he came out of the room and said, “Keep monitoring her and don’t feed her—she’ll come one way or another.”
Several hours later, I was taking a set of vitals and talking with the patient when she just flatlined in the middle of a sentence. It’s safe to say the incident shook her to her core. After she felt a little better, the patient apologized profusely. Some people have more bitterness than brains, apparently. curlywirlygirly