sex, lies, and gonorrhea
So, the other day I admitted a young black woman who presented to the emergency room with acute pelvic pain and cervical motion tenderness. She had pelvic inflammatory disease. As expected, the culture I took in the emergency room was positive for gonorrhea. Since I admitted her I decided I should be the one to break the news to her.
When I walked into her hospital room, her boyfriend was sitting at the bedside, holding her hand and looking soooo attentive. I felt like pointing at him and screeching like in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Guilty! Ark! Ark! Ark! I kicked him out of her room (okay, I politely asked him to step outside) and told her she had the clap. In fact, her infection was so bad it landed her in the hospital for IV antibiotics and forced her to miss several days of work. "I don't understand," she said, looking genuinely puzzled. "My boyfriend and I have been together for 5 years, and I haven't slept with anyone else." I watched silently as the truth dawned on her. Her expression changed from confusion to hurt to rage in about 30 seconds.
"You can come in now," I told the boyfriend, sweetly.
When I walked into her hospital room, her boyfriend was sitting at the bedside, holding her hand and looking soooo attentive. I felt like pointing at him and screeching like in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Guilty! Ark! Ark! Ark! I kicked him out of her room (okay, I politely asked him to step outside) and told her she had the clap. In fact, her infection was so bad it landed her in the hospital for IV antibiotics and forced her to miss several days of work. "I don't understand," she said, looking genuinely puzzled. "My boyfriend and I have been together for 5 years, and I haven't slept with anyone else." I watched silently as the truth dawned on her. Her expression changed from confusion to hurt to rage in about 30 seconds.
"You can come in now," I told the boyfriend, sweetly.
posted by babydoc @ 1:34 PM
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