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hands. I’ll say a silent prayer for them.”
I admire the sincerity in her voice. This one patient made my night a little bit better knowing that not everyone I come across in here will be rude.
“I’m Addison. I’ll be checking you in and taking your vitals. I’m just going to ask you a couple questions if you don’t mind.” I ask for her insurance card and other information and she hands it over. I glance at her I.D. to get her name so I can address her by it. It seems more personable to me. I want my patients to know I care about them and I’m not just here for a paycheck.
“So Lexi, what brings you in tonight?”
“Well, I’m pretty sure it’s a kidney stone. I get them all the time so I’m good at recognizing when I have one.” She clenches her jaw again.
I take her vitals and ask her about her pain level. It’s pretty high on the scale and I tell her I’ll get her some pain medication before she sees the doctor after she signs the consent form.
I didn’t see her walk in with anyone and wonder how she got here in that kind of pain. “Did you drive yourself here?”
“No. I always try to wait it out for as long as I can before I have to come to see the doctor. My brother thinks it’s ridiculous because he’s always stuck driving me to my late night emergency room visits. I just tell him to get over it and look at it as sibling bonding time.” A warm grin spreads across her face showing the fondness she has for her brother.
I hand her all the paperwork she needs to fill out and enter her vitals into the computer and tell Cameron, the male nurse who is working with me, I’m going to go check with the doctor for medication. He gives me a nod and I disappear into the back. After finding the doctor I am looking for, he gives me a Percocet and I grab some water on my way back to the front desk. I finally get a few minutes to finish up some paperwork I’ve been working on when I see someone standing out of the corner of my eye with a clipboard. I glance up to collect the paperwork and standing in front of me is Pierce. For some reason, I get butterflies in my stomach at the mere sight of him.
You can hear the surprise in my voice when I say, “Pierce, how nice to see you again. Are you feeling okay?”
What a stupid question. Obviously he isn’t feeling well if he’s in the emergency room. I really just want to take those words back the moment they leave my mouth, but it’s too late. I try to cool my features hoping Pierce doesn’t notice my embarrassment. It only takes him a second to respond to my stupid question.
His eyebrows are drawn in and he tilts his head to the side. “Have we met before? You will have to forgive me, I have a horrible memory.” A huge grin slowly breaks out on his face, so I decide to play along and give him a run for his money.
“Ah, I guess that is why I never got a call back from you. You must have forgotten that I called.”
He looks surprised clearly not realizing I’m just messing with him.
“Did you?’ he starts digging for his phone and I start to laugh. “Ha, you’re messing with me, good one. I guess it’s not nice of me to joke about your situation. I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine, Pierce, it’s nice that someone can be relaxed enough around me to joke about it. So, what brings you in?” I’m curious to know why he’s here since he looks fine.
“I drove my sister here. She suffers from kidney stones and I suffer from being her late night chauffeur.” He’s trying to play it off that he’s put out by his sister, but I see the affection he has for his sister in his eyes while talking about her.
“So, you’re Lexi’s brother. From what Lexi tells me, she prefers to call it sibling bonding time.”
“I see you met her then.”
“Yes, she seems sweet, but I know she’s in a lot of pain. So I have some pain medication if you wouldn’t mind getting her.”
Pierce takes a few steps backwards away from me and then turns around to
I admire the sincerity in her voice. This one patient made my night a little bit better knowing that not everyone I come across in here will be rude.
“I’m Addison. I’ll be checking you in and taking your vitals. I’m just going to ask you a couple questions if you don’t mind.” I ask for her insurance card and other information and she hands it over. I glance at her I.D. to get her name so I can address her by it. It seems more personable to me. I want my patients to know I care about them and I’m not just here for a paycheck.
“So Lexi, what brings you in tonight?”
“Well, I’m pretty sure it’s a kidney stone. I get them all the time so I’m good at recognizing when I have one.” She clenches her jaw again.
I take her vitals and ask her about her pain level. It’s pretty high on the scale and I tell her I’ll get her some pain medication before she sees the doctor after she signs the consent form.
I didn’t see her walk in with anyone and wonder how she got here in that kind of pain. “Did you drive yourself here?”
“No. I always try to wait it out for as long as I can before I have to come to see the doctor. My brother thinks it’s ridiculous because he’s always stuck driving me to my late night emergency room visits. I just tell him to get over it and look at it as sibling bonding time.” A warm grin spreads across her face showing the fondness she has for her brother.
I hand her all the paperwork she needs to fill out and enter her vitals into the computer and tell Cameron, the male nurse who is working with me, I’m going to go check with the doctor for medication. He gives me a nod and I disappear into the back. After finding the doctor I am looking for, he gives me a Percocet and I grab some water on my way back to the front desk. I finally get a few minutes to finish up some paperwork I’ve been working on when I see someone standing out of the corner of my eye with a clipboard. I glance up to collect the paperwork and standing in front of me is Pierce. For some reason, I get butterflies in my stomach at the mere sight of him.
You can hear the surprise in my voice when I say, “Pierce, how nice to see you again. Are you feeling okay?”
What a stupid question. Obviously he isn’t feeling well if he’s in the emergency room. I really just want to take those words back the moment they leave my mouth, but it’s too late. I try to cool my features hoping Pierce doesn’t notice my embarrassment. It only takes him a second to respond to my stupid question.
His eyebrows are drawn in and he tilts his head to the side. “Have we met before? You will have to forgive me, I have a horrible memory.” A huge grin slowly breaks out on his face, so I decide to play along and give him a run for his money.
“Ah, I guess that is why I never got a call back from you. You must have forgotten that I called.”
He looks surprised clearly not realizing I’m just messing with him.
“Did you?’ he starts digging for his phone and I start to laugh. “Ha, you’re messing with me, good one. I guess it’s not nice of me to joke about your situation. I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine, Pierce, it’s nice that someone can be relaxed enough around me to joke about it. So, what brings you in?” I’m curious to know why he’s here since he looks fine.
“I drove my sister here. She suffers from kidney stones and I suffer from being her late night chauffeur.” He’s trying to play it off that he’s put out by his sister, but I see the affection he has for his sister in his eyes while talking about her.
“So, you’re Lexi’s brother. From what Lexi tells me, she prefers to call it sibling bonding time.”
“I see you met her then.”
“Yes, she seems sweet, but I know she’s in a lot of pain. So I have some pain medication if you wouldn’t mind getting her.”
Pierce takes a few steps backwards away from me and then turns around to
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