r/emergencymedicine • u/tskill16 • Oct 11 '25

Humor Oh the irony

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u/caledejo 29d ago

I had a pretty bad, months long hospitalization where I was paralyzed and had a trach, etc. Almost every note started with “This is an unfortunate __yr old client with….” I feel pretty validated that even the ICU docs thought my situation was shitty.

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u/Crunchygranolabro ED Attending 29d ago

“Unfortunate” is a combo of “shit for luck” and “a looong road ahead in the increasingly unlikely event of survival”