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Twenty-fifth Job of Bob - Alzheimer's Center Part II - Fistula Dude Affect
This entry was posted on 6/29/2010 1:32 AM and is filed under Jobs of Bob.
In my 10-year foray into the health care world, I ran across some intriguing dilemmas people and patients had to contend with. The conditions all have med-language names. Some of these gems I have been posting on my Web site Words/Phrases Page.
When I worked in the Alzheimer's center, there was an old fellow that always took a piss in his trash can. He was an old farmer and when confronted, he claimed he was peeing in the corn field. That scenario was not unusual in an Alzheimer's setting. What was interesting though, is that he had a "fistula" on the end of his penis. A fistula is a new hole that appears in some area of the body. It can happen for many reasons, for example if a person has a permanent intravenous portal. Another fissure can develop by the line-in. For whatever reason, farmer dude had a fistula on his little soldier so he had a double stream when he peed. But, remember he frequently peed in his trash can.
Protocol forbade the trash can from being moved. However, house protocols did not forbid me from placing a second can in the room. Farmer dude generally then hit both cans.
Home run.
Note: This blog "Jobs of Bob" Category does not list the jobs chronologically - I write about the experiences as they pop up in my memory and I often revisit an older job. Go to the Cooldadiomedia Web site and the Jobs of Bob Page for an ordered chronology.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Private First Class Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wisconsin, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, May 15, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol operations. Private First Class Dampier was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Carson, Colorado. Dampier was one of two soldiers killed in the incident. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Grant Dampier was born in Wisconsin Rapids; there he wrestled in grade school; he came to Merrill when his family moved about the time he was beginning high school. He joined the Merrill High School wrestling Bluejays; competing at a weight of between 150 and 160 pounds. He graduated in 2000. The Journal Sentinel quoted Dampier's wife as saying he was very fond of his children and took great joy in taking his girls fishing on the Wisconsin River. He also took his wife's 7-year-old cousin under his wing and treated the boy like a son. Before joining the Army, Grant worked for Marathon Electric in Wausau. He enjoyed the Green Bay Packers, hip-hop music, and the Crandon Brush Run off-road truck races in Forest County. He joined the Army in September of 2004. Dampier was deployed to Iraq in December of 2005. The Wisconsin 2007 Assembly Joint Resolution 44 indicated Grant had been promoted to Specialist E-4 and was serving as a gunner during combat operations in Balad, Iraq. At the time of his death, Grant Dampier was survived by his wife Heidi; three daughters Alexis, Starr, and Kylee; mother Karen Goulee; stepfather Pat Goulee; father Richard Dampier; stepmother Gwen Dampier; brother and sister Jamie and Rae Ann Dampier; and, five half-brothers and one half-sister. Specialist Grant A. Dampier was laid to rest on May 26th, 2006, at the Merrill Memorial Park Cemetery in Merrill, Wisconsin. Grant Dampier was the 56th Wisconsin military service person to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
96,813 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,519 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,408 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1139 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
746 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,860 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
6,355 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
19 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
142 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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