Author: Rodney Lopez

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

All is well in the laboratory until I realized a patient needed to collect a urine sample and it was… Continue reading Telemarketer Troubles

I went to the nursing home located just a short walk from the hospital I work in. The weather was… Continue reading Quick Change

I went to the nursing home right next to the hospital I work in to do my weekly lab draws.… Continue reading Blue Blood

I work at a small town hospital in Central Florida. 25 beds to be exact. Part of the charm of… Continue reading The Whore is Coming!

A middle aged lady came in to the lab to have her blood drawn for thyroid testing. We were busier… Continue reading Free Test

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