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Originally Posted by always2late
I can so completely relate to this that it's sad. I have no idea what is wrong with people. I once had a declining patient's son and daughter-in-law come to visit and ask me "How long is she going to last? Is she going to die tonight? We don't really live too close so if she's going to die tonight let us know so we don't have to make the trip back again." After this same patient passed, I called them to advise them and asked which funeral home they wanted me to contact. The daughter-in-law asked "Why?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying "Because she DIED!! Would you rather just bring a shovel??"
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Wife of pt 3 years ago : um sir , his skin looks yellow is that normal ?
Me : no mam its not normal , he is yellow , he has liver failure so his bilirubin is high which gives him a yellow color .
Her : ohhhh ok ....... Comes back the second time minutes later . Um sir his eyes are yellow , is that normal. ?????
Me : no mam its not normal but he has liver failure so the yellowish of his eyes , skin etc is yellow bc of the bilirubin etc.... So when ones liver is failing and the bilirubin is extremely high its expected to be that color .
Her : comes back the third time ... Um sir there is a bag hanging from the bed that has bright orange water in it ..?????
Me : yes mam that's his catheter bag and the liquid is his urine .
Her : sir is urine supposed to be bright orange ?
Me : no mam , he has liver failure , his urine is concentrated , his bilirubin is very high I'm actually coming in to talk to you in a moment in the room about him .
My charge nurse : dude this is why you have that patient today bc we have all had our turn dealing with his wife
Me : I hate you charge nurse
I kept saying to myself , um I'm not yellow , nobody at this desk is yellow , your not yellow so why would you think your husband's yellow highlighter skin would be normal ?????