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A Sweet Surprise


I once had an extremely pleasant, elderly and entirely confused patient (Alert and Oriented x1). She was very quiet and polite always-saying thank you and please. She was a storybook grandmother. Well, the order rolled in to place a foley. Being that she was so sweet and kind I elicited the help of some techs and another RN to make it go smoothly. We put on the bright lights and explained what we were about to do to her. She meekly agreed, and smiled (of course it made no sense to her). As four women began spread her legs and I approached with the rubber foley tube she exclaimed quite excitedly, “I don’t know what you’re about to do, but I bet it’s gonna feel good!” I blush every time I tell the story of that little sweet lady.


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