Medical Jollity

[davywavy]

In slack moments at work, I have been amusing myself by reading tales of Emergency-Room stupidity posted by American Doctors on this forum here.

Here's a personal favourite:
An unconscious 30-year-old man was brought to the ER by ambulance. His girlfriend had found him lying naked on the floor of his bathroom and called 911. In the ER, he was found to have a large lump on the top of his head and, strangely, several scratches on his scrotum. The doctors figured the lump was possibly caused by a fall or a knock to the head. However the source of the scratches remained a mystery until he woke up and provided the doctors with the following explanation. He said he had been cleaning his bathtub while naked, kneeling on the floor beside the tub. His cat, apparently transfixed by the rhythmic swaying of his scrotum, lunged forward, sinking its claws into this pendulous target. This caused the man to rocket upward, striking his head on the top frame of the shower door.

Comments

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Oh my various gods, I can't stop laughing!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something that could happen to davywavy, actually. Just think of the episode where he was hopping naked through his flat while listening to white supremacist music on full volume. ;oP

However, I'm also cringing. Just think about it... Unless you're one of the people who get off on that sort of thing, you really wouldn't want a cat's claws there.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Oh, you had to bring that up.

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I rather think you brought it up first, dear boy.

[rupturedandroid.livejournal.com]

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