Reply To: working the night shift

i saw you changed the scenario; it could of been a dirty rock, knife, or anything. its plausible he got a cut or wound in the area providing entrance for infection but there was no mention of something like that in the history. but then again, the pt was a poor historian and mom didnt mention it. on admission he was asked abt bullying in school-which was denied. plus, there was no wound healing in the thigh/hip area. if it did get infected via a wound, would the organism lay dormant until the wound healed completely-over 2 weeks? if there was evidence of a wound, then yes your theory is plausible.

either way, if he is still in the hospital when i have shifts this week, i hope either A) he is on the PICU side of the floor or B) i am not assigned to him. best scenario, he was d/c’d.

“Sometimes when something weird happens you have to think of weird scenarios that coulda caused it.”

this is not even the weirdest case i cared for. but i can’t post about that one