Comments on: From A to DD

By: phoenix

phoenix — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:02:43 +0000

-that poor woman….that’s so sad! I bet that the subcutaneous emphysema didn’t tickle, either, let alone all the other extra procedures they had to do. Wonder who pays for all that mess. Probably that poor woman’s insurance.
You are right-thank God she managed to get out of the hospital alive. The community hospital I work at has patients like the woman described….your heart goes out to them.
(I’m a RT, btw….neat blog!)

By: JB

JB — Sun, 21 May 2006 01:25:03 +0000

hi, i’m a nursing student who is about to begin my med-surge clinicals next semester. i just wanted to say that reading your blog is inspiring and provides me with some sort of direction. thank you.

By: Star Firstbaseman

Star Firstbaseman — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:12:34 +0000

The popups are fantastic. And I’m rooting for her, too.

By: brian

brian — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:40:50 +0000

Great story!

By: Allen Searls

Allen Searls — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:05:46 +0000

Yikes, hope she’s okay, probably not a side effect she was looking for her at her stage in life… btw, do docs ever give discounts to patients who get weird results like this? Wouldn’t really make sense though, since no one did anything wrong, just the patients’ body reacting. I once had a reaction to novicane in which my heart-rate pretty much doubled for a number of minutes and I thought I was going to die. Never thought to blame the dentist, although it freaked me out considerably. Anyway, thanks for the story, these help us non-health-professionals get a glimpse of what it’s really like for nurses.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:17:33 +0000

Almost 28 years of nursing and I have never heard of iatrogenic boob inflation. This was both scary and hilarious at the same time. I have got to tell this story next time I go to work!

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:40:16 +0000

We just covered chest tubes at school. That was never mentioned as a complication, But I’ll sure as heck remember it now.
Thanks

By: NPs Save Lives

NPs Save Lives — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:03:44 +0000

That’s great that she continued to have a wonderful sense of humor. It helps with the outcomes. I hope she did well afterwards..

By: ThirdDegreeNurse

ThirdDegreeNurse — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:42:19 +0000

Great story! I loved the little popups, too. Stories like this give me a better perspective on what to expect in the Real World. So much different than the lab.

By: m.

m. — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:33:20 +0000

it’s always interesting to hear about what happens after a patient leaves us in the operating room. i’ve seen chest tubes put in, but never heard of a complication like this!