Author: Rodney Lopez

I used to work in a 1200-bed hospital back then in Texas. Great hospital, with a few not so great… Continue reading Don’t Let It Clot!

A home health nurse left shortly after dropping off a green top tube for a potassium level. Soon after, I… Continue reading Incompatible with Life

This story goes back to our Medtech internship days back in our school in the Philippines. The "Chikoy Boys" is… Continue reading Rear End Vaping

A couple came in the lab asking questions about how to collect semen for semen analysis. Of course I had… Continue reading Specimen Collection By Mouth

I work in a lab that does a lot of Covid-19 testing. Sometimes when a patient is really sick and… Continue reading No Psychos Allowed in the Lab

Another busy morning in the lab and I was assigned to work at our phlebotomy area. I called the next… Continue reading Poke Me Any Time

A patient walked in to the lab to have his blood drawn. He sat down and I noticed that he… Continue reading Kiss My Bass

The hospital I work at has a neuro unit where patients suffering from neurological conditions are admitted.  One day, I… Continue reading *Cough* Corona!

Working in a small town is great! You become familiar with patients, and eventually start calling each other on a… Continue reading Peculiar Request

I work in a small town hospital with team members taking turns doing overnight calls. It was my turn to… Continue reading He’s Just Tired