Category: LOL Moments

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?

My first year as a tech back in 1981 we had a lady bring in her stool specimen. The container was an 8 oz jelly jar filled to the top, level to the lip. On the outside she had included a pretty, decorative label that says, “From the Kitchen of (Jane Doe), Made With Love”.… Continue reading Jelly Anyone???

As a young Medical Technologist, my job was to do the morning draws, then go back to the lab and do startup and QC on the instruments. One morning, "Harry" refused to let me draw his glucose. I thanked him and said, "No problem. Less work for me". I told the secretary he had refused… Continue reading I AM That Bitch!

My patient was an old lady, maybe around 70. She came in for blood work with her 2 other lady friends, who were in the same age range.  While I was trying to find a vein, I’ve positioned the patient’s arm to where her hand was close to my crotch—of course, unintentionally. Without any hint,… Continue reading Old Habits Die Hard

I was drawing this old lady, maybe around 70ish.  As I was drawing her blood, she started asking me questions.She said, “are you single?”. And I said yes. She then said, “you are so cute! I have a grandson that would want to date you!” I wasn’t sure how to respond. I just smiled, and… Continue reading Grandma is Pimpin’

I went to the employee restroom to pee, because someone was already using the lab restroom. When I went in, it was pretty obvious that someone had pooped in there, and the smell was just lingering. I actually had to hold my breath while peeing; and had to hurry and washed my hands as fast… Continue reading Wrongfully Accused

I've met a few germophobes in over 10 years of working in the laboratory. We have to say the lab, from a microbiological standpoint, is one of the dirtiest and biologically hazardous places in the hospital. But nothing a bit of universal precaution won't help. The worst germophobe I've ever met, is an ER doctor… Continue reading Doctor Germophobe

I've only been a generalist lab tech for a few months while working in a small town hospital. Like any lab tech who's new on the job, everything seems overwhelming. There was this patient who was notoriously a hard-stick. One day, my colleagues sent me to "try" and draw this patient--kinda like an initiation for… Continue reading Make a Foot!

I had just been to one ward drawing blood from a multihandicapped patient and had had to almost tie a knot of myself in order to reach in. It was a challenging pose but I made it successfully, and went on to the next ward. Here was a male patient about my own age, fairly… Continue reading Double Meaning

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