Author: Felicity Buenvenidez

Another funny and memorable story from one of my many nursing home draws. I have to draw a patient in the memory wing of the nursing home next door. For those who are unfamiliar, the memory wing houses patients in need of specialized attention because of late stage dementia. I walked in, introduced myself, and… Continue reading Would You Want This?

There was a scheduled draw on one of the patients on the floor. I've drawn her before. Because of her dementia, she can get extremely combative at times. Hence, I asked one of our techs to come with me and help stabilize her arm so I can draw her blood. Oh yes she was in… Continue reading Horny Bitches

We have a big class of over 150 students. Imagine 150 interns in this huge laboratory run mostly by student interns under the supervision of a few licensed medical technologists. It was fun and never without a few pranks here and there. It was customary for the previous year's interns to prank the newbies. My… 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, other than the patient, during the blood draw. I was drawing blood on an outpatient. The other techs went on a break, and I was by myself. The patient was a young male, well built,… Continue reading Last Survivor

I have to draw blood on an ER patient. She is a 15 year old who is deathly scared of needles. She started crying and told her mom to sing her a song. Mom: "What do you want me to sing?" Daughter: "You know, that song that we sing at camp." Mom: "Which song is… 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 call my patient Mr. X. Mr. X is probably one of the most talkative resident there. He always have some interesting stories to tell. Always pleasant to the nurses and the lab team. Overall, a… 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 tell. He shared with me an experience the last time he had his flu shot. It was a busy day at the clinic with a bunch of kids waiting in line to get their flu… Continue reading Screaming Prank

It was the last month of my internship days and I was assigned in Microbiology department. I love it here. It seems like we’re a bit separated from the main lab drama. That’s up until Dr. Jones (real name withheld) came into play. Dr. Jones was red faced while walking into the lab. Each step… 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 course, I can’t forget some of my patient encounters back then. I was doing my fair share of morning draws. Nothing unusual happened during my shift ,until I came to this patient room where I… Continue reading Pillow Sex