Author: Felicity Buenvenidez

We have a big class of over 150 students. Imagine 150 interns in this huge laboratory run mostly by student… Continue reading Special Ingredient

We’ve all heard of patients passing out while drawing blood. But you probably haven’t heard of other people passing out,… Continue reading Last Survivor

I have to draw blood on an ER patient. She is a 15 year old who is deathly scared of… Continue reading Sing For Me Mom!

Here’s another one of my funny experiences drawing blood at our nursing home next door. For privacy purposes, I will… Continue reading Bad Timing

A middle-aged guy came in for blood work one day. He's the chatty type with some pretty good stories to… Continue reading Screaming Prank

It was the last month of my internship days and I was assigned in Microbiology department. I love it here.… Continue reading Culture It Now!

I started out a phlebotomist before I got my MT degree. I love phlebotomy and direct patient care. And of… Continue reading Pillow Sex

This happened before CLIA was implemented. At that time, lab techs do whatever they want in the lab—eat, drink, smoke,… 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… Continue reading Pubes Alert!

It has been a long week. The girls in lab just want to do something fun and hang out and… Continue reading Strip Club Incident