Sunday, January 25, 2009

Liar Liar Pants On Fire

If you come to the ER weighing 82 pounds at the age of 48, skin the color of freshly bloomed daffodils, vomiting blood, have a heart rate of 140, a blood pressure of 138/79, and have tremors so bad that you can't hold a cup without dropping it - I will not believe you when you tell me you do not drink alcohol on a regular basis. I will prove you wrong when the labs come back and your ETOH level is .280.

Don't go there.

Truth - it's a good thing.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

ROFL!! So true!! ~HRA

Anonymous said...

So what was the chief complaint?

Bed spin?

I kid.

Anonymous said...

And, BTW...thanks for stopping by my blog. =)

Anonymous said...

Julie,

Kaplan Publishing is putting out a new anthology of ICU nursing stories and after reading your blog, it seems you may have a few stories worth submitting. Please e-mail me for more information if you're interested:

Kendra.White@kaplan.com

Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.

-Kendra

Anonymous said...

JUST .280? Pshaw!

heartrnb said...

so true ROTFLMAO

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