Author: Heidi Perez

I was working in a military lab about 40 years ago. Our receptionist wasn’t medical and was fairly new to… Continue reading Full Instructions Matter

Nurse wanting to add H&H to CBC drawn earlier. We kept going back and forth that she has H&H already.… Continue reading Verbal Test Addon

I work overnights. That’s usually when the Really Fun questions come in. But this one actually got me right in… Continue reading Rookie Nurse

I was working 3rd shift at a local hospital by myself and could never keep warm! I had heard of… Continue reading Trying To Stay Warm!

The clinic sent a patient home with a standard stool collection kit. Nothing unusual. The next morning, the patient walks… Continue reading Diarrhea in a Hat

Back in the day when I worked as a phlebotomist, I had the most interesting encounter with a demented patient… Continue reading She Killed The Light

Went up to draw a patient in the ICU with male coworker.   Male patient made a request and asked to… Continue reading Spanked with a Hair Brush

OB/GYN Office, male patient for a CSA, he is calm & courteous as we go thru the usual pre-collection information… Continue reading WIFI Password

One day as I was processing pap smears, I received specimens with unlikely heath histories. First one was from a… Continue reading Postpartum Specimens

I was working with a young uppity know-it-all supervisor in urine microscopy and thought about pulling a prank on her.… Continue reading New Parasite