Perils of medicine

Todd is so good about sharing some of his more interesting experiences I thought I would share another of Nan's war stories. Tonight she had a patient that was older and hated hospitals. She hadn't been to a dr. in 23 years. They brought her in last night because she had been going downhill so quickly. It turns out she has a very fast growing brain cancer and will probably die within the week. Her daughters have the say over her care and have opted to take her to an ECF tomorrow for hospice care. Her sons both came in drunk and demanded that Nan let their mother go immediately. The first son had talked to Nan (or was that yelled?) and she had convinced him that even the ACLU wouldn't really help them do anything until Monday so they might as well just leave her overnight until they could get people to help them get their mom back. The second son came soon after and when Nan started to explain the same thing to help he started swinging at her. The first son stepped between her and the 2nd son just in time to save her from his fist. He told his brother that it wasn't the way to handle things but they would bring the ACLU into it on Monday. You can rest assured that Nan is glad she won't be there tomorrow. Actually she alerted security and the woman's case worker so they will be prepared for the battle tomorrow. I guess anytime you have a job where you work with the public you run into some strange characters...........Does that even apply anytime you have to deal with our family?