Today, working as a nurse, I saw a patient in for follow-up after a partial leg amputation. I checked her blood pressure and gave her the reading, which prompted her husband to ask what it meant. She replied, "I'm alive." Before I could stop myself, "And kicking" spilled out of my mouth. FML
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Today, as a nursing student, I needed to take a blood sample from someone and the veins on his arms weren't really easy to draw blood from. I asked him, "Can I please look at your legs?" It turns out he was amputated. FML
Today, at work as an EMT, I was telling a panicked patient that I would be taking her vital signs. I inadvertently said that I would be taking her vital organs. FML
Today, I was taken to the hospital after I fell down the stairs. The physician who saw me bit his lip and said he would have to amputate my foot, and I fainted in terror. One of the nurses later told me to "learn to take a damn joke." FML
Today, I went to the doctor for a routine check-up. When the nurse took my blood pressure, I passed out, and fell off the table. FML
Today, I went to my regular pharmacist of three months, and since I've always seen him on a crutch, I asked him how his leg was. His response, "Still missing". FML
Today, I got discharged from the hospital after a six day stay, minus half my kicking foot. Not a diabetic, no trauma, just got some chills and was found to have extensive bone infection. FML
Today, I serve at church and had a funeral. As I greeted the family, someone asked how I was doing. Without thought, I responded, "Good to be alive." FML
Today, while at the hospital recovering from surgery, I overheard my doctor tell one of the nurses I'm so fat I could start a grease fire if left near an open flame. They thought I was still unconscious. I wasn't. FML
Today, while making small talk with a veteran, I made the mistake of using the phrase "Cost an arm and a leg". He was a double amputee. FML
Today, I went to a blood drive. The nurse taking my blood mentioned that she'd been called in on her day off, and she swore she wasn't drunk. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and blinked back tears as she savaged the vein in my arm. FML
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Top comments
dmoran20 27
Sounds like you walked right into that..
a1f0sff 25
The force of habit can be a bitch sometimes...
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Comments (78)
lifes_surprises 11
If she didn't laugh shes got no sense of humor. You can still kick with one leg or part of a leg.
SasquatchDeluxe 10
More like F that poor lady's L. As for you - YDI.
al66orange 4
Lol I've worked in health care and blurted out MANY things I shouldn't of
laden_swallow09 35
*should not have
BostonBear 33
gota love those instant facepalm moments
yeti37 16
Wow, you stuck her foot in your mouth...
SillyGirl4602 23
It was definitely an awkward moment but it was a simple mistake op. Next time just try to think before you speak.
m3lyc 18
Oops lol. I'd have followed it up by saying that she reminded me of the song by Simple Minds.
cheertrombonist 9
OP's just gotta learn to take it in strides..
laden_swallow09 35
Oh, come ON, that was funny! Relevant, timed perfectly, and ironic. If your patient was being sarcastic to her husband, even if it was good-natured, you had every right to make that joke. Screw professionalism; that joke was gold. PLEASE tell me they laughed!
ilyelisa 0
I laughed.
DanielleinDC 34
I laughed as well. But I'm sure OP is kicking herself for her remark, even if she meant no harm. Hopefully the patient and her husband have a sense of humor.