The Nurse Lady » Humor http://www.thenurselady.com Tips and stories from a health professional. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:01:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tickle My Funnybone! http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/tickle-my-funnybone/ http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/tickle-my-funnybone/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:18:21 +0000 The Nurse Lady http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/tickle-my-funnybone/ Tickle my funny bone!

I was working in an elementary school in North Jersey. It was School Nurses Day and I was being treated like a Queen. Breakfast from McDonald’s (there goes my diet), a beautiful vase of flowers and my most treasured items-cards from all the students. There was one card that just tickled me do death and I still have it in my box of treasures from over the years. It was made by a first grade little boy with red hair and freckles. There was a picture of a nurse on the front of the card. Inside it said “I love you becuz you have the majic tush”. I laughed so hard. I couldn’t wait to get home and show my husband and say well at least someone thinks I have the magic tush. I know it was meant to say “I love you because you have the magic touch”, but I sure did get a laugh (several) out of that one.

]]> http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/tickle-my-funnybone/feed/ 0 More Chuckles – 8/14/2006 http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/more-chuckles-8142006/ http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/more-chuckles-8142006/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:15:35 +0000 The Nurse Lady http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/more-chuckles-8142006/ One day a teacher called me in a panic as one of her students was bleeding from the ear. I asked if he had been injured and she said to the best of her knowledge no. Upon examination of the child I did see a red sticky substance flowing out of his ear. It did not look like blood. I looked in his ear very carefully with my otoscope and low and behold there was a piece of red crayon in his ear that had begun to melt due to body heat. We all had a little chuckle as I called his mother and had him taken to the doctors to have his ear canal flushed.

On another occasion I had a teacher call and tell me one of her students was turning blue and to come with oxygen immediately. I flew out of my room down the corridor and into their room. The little boy did look blue but did not seem to be having any difficulty breathing. He was playing with the other children like nothing was wrong. After a minute of observation I said come with me. I took the little fellow into the bathroom and proceeded to wash his hands. As blue dye rinsed down the sink I realized he had a brand new flannel shirt on that was fading onto his skin. The amazing thing was that it was on his face, hands, arms, all spread out evenly and it really did make him look cyanotic. After a sigh of relief the teacher and I had a big laugh.

]]> http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/more-chuckles-8142006/feed/ 0 Laughs from the Nurse Lady – Aug 7, 2006 http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/laughs-from-the-nurse-lady-aug-7-2006/ http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/laughs-from-the-nurse-lady-aug-7-2006/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:22:51 +0000 The Nurse Lady http://www.thenurselady.com/2006/laughs-from-the-nurse-lady-aug-7-2006/ I was working in a regional day school for physically and mentally challenged students back in the mid-eighties. A little boy came into my office with a leather jacket. I said “Hi Tony what can I do for you?” He said “ I have a tear in my jacket and my mom said she can’t fix it, I told her I wanted to bring it to you because you can fix anything.” I swelled with pride at the thought that he felt I could fix anything, I then sheepishly admitted that I had absolutely no skill in tannery. He looked at me so surprised that I felt I had let him down. He then proceeded to hug me and say that’s OK. It was a good lesson for me to learn.

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