Tuesday, July 10, 2007

I'll kick you in the back of the head old man

OK, now this isn't divulging patient information... it's fairly common for kids around here to sound like they are Ricky Bobby Jr. So this kid walks up to the counter with his grandmother and she asks what is good for a burn. I was like "well, what kind of burn." I didn't know this would take me into another dimension of the twilight zone. The kid holds out his arm which has a hole about ½ inch deep burned into it and was starting to scab over. To me it seems he probably should have come in about 2 days earlier. He says his brother and him were doing a science experiment and salt and ice.... well needless to say he had a nasty little hole in his arm. I suggested neosporin and some gauze to cover it. After much debate about exactly which product to use he starts complaining about the neck muscle he pulled while playing chicken... Yeah, I stopped paying attention and walked away, the kid totally reminded me of taladaga nights.