Just another night in the ER. The 66 year old man comes in last night and was plastered drunk and kept on saying (along with all the profanity) that he had a light bulb up his a$$. No one really believed the old drunk. Hours latter the man sobered up and went out for a smoke in the ambulance bay and came back in to the department and politely asked the doctor. "You know doc someone really needs to check this light bulb that is stuck in my rectum." The ER physician then ordered a abdominal x-ray and guess what?
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What a naughty old man.. No wonder he had such bad abdominal pain
Belive me it was true. The old guy was trying to get it out for 2 days and his digital extraction failed. We checked with a anascope and the rectum was all lacerated from his attempts. Finally we floated a foley catheter right behind it and used a 60cc syringe with KY to lube it up and make it easier for him to pass on his own. We then gave him some GoLightly (laxative) and let him pass it. It was a car turn signal bulb.
Gotta luv it... My catch phrase for the night was "Theres a light at the end of the tunnel."
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What a naughty old man.. No wonder he had such bad abdominal pain
Belive me it was true. The old guy was trying to get it out for 2 days and his digital extraction failed. We checked with a anascope and the rectum was all lacerated from his attempts. Finally we floated a foley catheter right behind it and used a 60cc syringe with KY to lube it up and make it easier for him to pass on his own. We then gave him some GoLightly (laxative) and let him pass it. It was a car turn signal bulb.
Gotta luv it... My catch phrase for the night was "Theres a light at the end of the tunnel."
. If he had been concious I bet he would have been :unsure: .
