OK Donna, get this...My medical student is in on the joke too.
We've seen about a billion cases of influenza (o.k. really about 20) in the last 2 weeks. So everyone has fevers.....see where I'm going w/ this?
So she's asking a patient about this symptom and that symptom. I'm listening. Then I politely interject, "Do you have a fever?"
My student puts her hand to her mouth, cracks just a tiny smile, and gives me this look that says, "Need more cowbell?" I ALMOST COMPLETELY LOST IT IN THE EXAM ROOM!!!
I then had to step out to keep from going hysterical w/ laughter. So I said, "I'm going to get a flu swab," when what I really WANTED to say was, "I'm going to get a cowbell."
I came back in, she swabbed the patient. The patient asked, "what are we going to do?" I said,"I'm going to give you a prescription," [for more cowbell]. AGAIN, WE ALMOST LOST IT.
I wrote a prescription for prednisone and cough syrup (pt is asthmatic and was wheezing). I wrote a Rx for the student's fever treatment, that's right....."Cowbell 1gm, 3 dings QID and PRN"
OMG, we're having fun w/ this!
