she should have just said “good night” and that could have been it – but no...
So before I left for my shift tonight, I wanted to say good luck and good night to one of my patients as (a) she was scheduled for discharge soon and (b) I wouldn’t be there to officially say see you later on her final day.
After she thanked me for all the help I had offered for today, she started to laugh and pointed a personal picture of a lady and a gentleman:
Her: Do you know who that is? That gal?
Me: No, I don’t actually. Who’s that?
Her: That’s actually my granddaughter. She’s near your age, and she’s coming to pick me up when I leave. I just wish you were here because I think she’d be happy to, y’know, meet you.
Me: [laughs] What are you saying?
Her: I think the two of you would be nice.
Me: Oh... [embarrassed chuckle] ...Trust me, Mrs. —, I think she’s out of my league.
Her: What do you mean?
Me: I’m... I’m sure she’s way up there [hand gesture to the ceiling] and I’m [hand gesture to the floor] way down here. There’s no way, haha.
Her: Oh, that’s nonsense!
After spending several minutes of my further expounding, she finally cracked and mentioned she had a boyfriend (which was the fella in the picture, as I had expected).
Me: HA! I KNEW IT! [laughs] I knew it. But how come you said those things!
Her: I don’t know! She’s just such a sweetheart!
I bet she does...
...I bet she does.
#ayy lmao#i still dont know how come she had to do that#if she only knew how much damage she caused...#10 out of 10#chronic chest pain#just go ahead and do open heart surgery#sans the anesthesia#[sad sigh]#like im so stupid#i knew it was going to be nothing from the get-go#but theres always that SLIGHT sliver of hope or SOMETHING#that just OVERSHADOWS the bleak reality#and then when everything is all said and done#you just scream 'I FREAKING KNEW IT AND YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR THINKING LIKE THAT'#personal