SMS saga

to continue the saga...

i went through the chart of our infamous extension-itis patient only to see that the "silip" done by ORL was normal.  i called friendly GI batchmate fellow to ask the next best course of action.  wel came to the consensus of the EGD.  Mura na, Mabilis pa.  (sounds like PGH logo).

amidst all the embarrassment, i call up kindhearted towering GI fellow to refer our patient.  and then i entered in the chart.  which was real funny because the chart looked like this:

ORL:  laryngoscopy done, no abnormality.  assessment: dysphagia, etiology to be determined.

all of  a sudden, there was this misplaced entry:

Renal:  please do ECG.  Refer to GI.  (which i already did.)

 The next day, i was plagued with forwarded messages from extension asking why they were spending, why the doctors were taking so long, isn't being a PGH charity patient all about getting things for free.

to which i replied: wala na pong libre ngayon.

good thing, this story has sort of a compensatory comic relief ending.  i get a text from kind-hearted towering GI fellow:

GI fellow: smoketh, esophagel foreing body ang nakita.  I retrieved it na.  santol seend.  mukhang nag lodge sa level ng aortic arch.  pa xray na rin.

I wasted no time forwarding the message to my closest friends.  to hell with confidentiality.

it is a good thing my friends were really my friends.  their replies:

frichmond:  AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

SAFM:  I burst into laughter in the middle of thigns when i remember the  f ____ ng santol.  AHAHAHAHA!

SAFM after 2 hours: f _ _ _!  tawang tawa pa rin ako sa santol ahahahaha ahahahaha AHAHAHAHAHAH!

In fairness, extensionitis had her share of SMS as well: good afternoon, po. Dra, maraming salamat po nandito na kame sa bahay.  salamat po talaga.

to which i replied....NOTHING!