Author: Felicity Buenvenidez

This happened before CLIA was implemented. At that time, lab techs do whatever they want in the lab—eat, drink, smoke, etc… including taking kids to work. I was one of them—I took my 3-year old kid at work. It was just that one day when I could not find a babysitter. I was a single… Continue reading Chocolate Agar

We had an elderly patient drop off a 24-hour urine. Attached to the container was a long note written on personal stationary. The note informed us that while collecting her urine samples, some poop may have gotten into the container because she was having some diarrhea. Worse than that, she also told us not to… Continue reading Pubes Alert!

It has been a long week. The girls in lab just want to do something fun and hang out and do something fun together. Somehow, we got into agreement to go to the strip club next town over. My coworker, Ana, is maybe in her late 50's and has never been to a strip club… Continue reading Strip Club Incident

A lady showed up at our lab’s registration area with an order for a 24 hour urine calcium. I went back to grab everything she would need for the collection process. When I got back, I gave her the supplies and some very specific step by step instructions on how to properly collect a 24… Continue reading On the Rocks

An elderly gentleman around his 70's came in to the lab to have his blood drawn. I've known him quite well. I even went to school with his son a few years back. He has always been quite nice to everyone in the lab. Believe me he has never been the creepy old man type.… Continue reading Best. Compliment. Ever

I went to the nursing home near the hospital to draw blood from one of their residents. As I entered the patient's room, there were two nurses in the room working on getting him dressed and ready for breakfast. I introduced myself and stepped on the side to get my stuff ready. One of the… Continue reading Where’s the Cow?

It was my first day back from a 3-week vacation to the Philippines. Because of the recent coronavirus scare and knowing that my patients are old and somewhat immunocompromised, I decided to wear a face mask while at work even though I felt fine, just to be safe. Enter Mrs. Grumpypants, one of the meanest… Continue reading Monkey Who Shits Its Pants

Here I am, a fresh graduate working in the lab. The lab I was working in back then was a small hospital laboratory where the MLTs are also the phlebotomists. One day I went out to our town's nursing home to draw an elderly lady in the memory care wing. She did have severe dementia.… Continue reading Dream On

I went to the lab waiting area to get the next patient on our list. He’s an elderly gentleman who needs his blood drawn. I called out, “John!” He heard me as he was talking to his friend. He stood up and made a remark,”I guess I'm going to have to let her suck me… Continue reading Suck Him Off

Working in the medical field opens the door to some of the weirdest stories and encounters with our patients. Some, a little over the top. Yet, shit happens! Some stories embarrassing as heck but to us, it's a good way to destress and have a few laughs. It was a typical day working in the… Continue reading Unusual Play Thing