Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Last night while I was leaving work, I saw two policemen dragging a woman into the emergency room. She was in handcuffs, and judging by her stench I’m guessing that her blood alcohol level was rather obscene. She was screaming and kicking, and she wasn’t saying Happy New Year. Her eyes locked on me. Then she told me that she was the first-born daughter of God. She said that God had told her that my hair was going to fall out, my skin was going to turn purple, and that a great flood was going to wash my house away in 2009. Bummer. I wonder what I did to piss God off.
Happy New Year!
There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about medical bloggers and HIPAA regulations so let me make this very clear: I write composite stories about many different people that I've cared for over the years.
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Karin RN
January 1st, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Oh my goodness.
Happy New Year(?) (!)
RN007
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
My kids watched the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ on the History Channel and have been freaked out since. Sounds like you should make sure your homeowner’s is up to date and line up an appt with the dermologist.
Strong One
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Wow.. I wonder what god’s daughter would have said to me.. being the bald man I am?
Happy New Year to you and your family MJ
pam
January 5th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
As a nurse, I want to know: did she forecast any plagues in the near future? Ask her the next time you see her…
WhiteCoat
January 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Heck, I’d tell “Eve” that my hair’s already gone and I get these funky purple rashes already. All I have to do is find a house to rent instead of own. Then I would have given her a big toothy grin and told her to have a nice night.
Love these kinds of patients – they make for great blog posts, don’t they?
Genevieve
January 7th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Prophetic? doubtful
More like Propheliar
tammy swofford
January 11th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Heck Mother Jones,
I think I took care of one of her cousins in a different psych facility. This gal thought she was the fire goddess. She went around the unit stomping out small fires in the hallway. No threats to the staff, just that incessant foot stomping thing.
Tammy