Life as I know it

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Meds in my pants

Had a 72 yr old woman come in with back and leg pain. She is unable to get around and her husband felt he could not take care of her any more. She had been seen in the ER a couple of times over the past few months for the same and given pain meds. She was slurring her words when she came in. Her nurse was changing her diaper and found 2 bottles of vicodin hidden there. She was extra medicating herself for pain relief because she felt she wasn't getting enough medication. She blamed her family and they blamed her, it was funny but sad too. I had to give her points for creativity as in 30 years I have never found meds secreted in a diaper.

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