Soon we will hear from Michelle, who will have invented an IV drip for just this kind of medication. We will also soon see the government require that Starbucks clerks have pharmacy degrees, and people with unlicensed coffee-makers will be jailed for having drug paraphernalia. This is part of the pan to require prescriptions for grocery shoppers; it is somewhere in the fine print of the National Health Care Plan. I think...
Oh. It's April 3rd. Sorry.
After a Decade
6 years ago
Dad, you're behind the times. We've had the caffeine drip for years, now. It's just that JCAO won't let the staff keep their own fluids on the floor while working. Coffee certainly is the drug of choice for our MRDD patients also - they all know at least 2 words. NO and COFFEE. And when a patient is on clear liquids we include coffee (no cream or sugar) for staff sanity. Which all reminds me of the time we had an MRDD patient getting prepped for a colonoscopy and was allowed clear liquids. I think she drank a pot of coffee in a 4 hour period (staff sanity, remember) and then the flood gates opened......
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Yeah it's funny how people look down on others who smoke (nicotine), or smoke Marijuana (THC), take crystal (meth), or eat sweets (short chained carbs which will mess with your blood sugars and make you crazy or cranky), but almost everyone in the world is a drug addict who's fix is coffee or soda (caffeine). Cultural bias. You're all a bunch of junkies.
ReplyDeleteNow as for me, I'm one of those purists. I don't drink coffee anymore, I don't put sugar in my body, I don't smoke cigarettes and I gave up alcohol. And I can honestly say
I miss every dang one of those things.
Just kidding. I don't miss it anymore. But I really did for a long time.
Jim, you forgot the alcohol (ETOH). And every alky we get on the floor demands their librium, which never works. Personally, if I ever get admitted to the hospital I'll insist on having a prescription for coffee with chocolate & milk p.o. tid with meals. Caffeine withdrawals are nasty!
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Michelle, can they give Mountain Dew in an IV??? -hp
ReplyDeleteHP, just have Rebekah sneak it in in a ginger ale bottle - if you can see through it & it's liquid at room temp, you can have it as a clear liquid diet and not have to be stuck with a needle.
ReplyDeleteSuppose I could do that, but having it drip straight into my bloodstream sounds more exhilarating...
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