Frosted Flakes for breakfast

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A few of my friends in clinical and I were sitting around the table during our dinner break comparing gross or ridiculous stories. Each story trying to top the one before it. I knew that no one could top my story. I have yet to have a patient top this one. About 8 months ago I was working on a pediatric unit. We had a 14 yr old girl who was well known to the staff, someone we'd refer to as a "frequent flyer". She was admitted to the hospital for a chronic condition she has because she needed treatment. However, this girl had more going on that just this chronic condition. She had a very bad yeast infection. The nurse was very concerned because this was the most advanced form of a yeast infection she had ever seen. She went in to do her assessment and check on the status of this infection. She noticed while doing her examination that the yeast had spread up from between her legs, towards her abdomen. The skin was flakey, red, foul smelling and just not pretty to look at. The nurse continued to do a thurough examination of her skin when the girl reached down between her legs and started to peel off a large quarter size chunk of her skin. Right before the nurse was about to tell the girl that picking at it could be causing it to get worse, the girl took the large, crusty, infected flake of skin and put it in her mouth and swallowed it. The nurse completely disgusted was in shock and could not say anything. She looked at the girl and then at her mother who was at the bedside, neither said a word. The nurse stood up and walked out to share this story with me and another nurse so that she was not alone in feeling the way she did. So at the time, this was by far the most horrible thing I had ever experienced and I was not actually IN the room.
After leaving work that day I went to my friend Stefanie's house who is also a nurse. I had to share with her what had happened just as I have told you. We then began to joke about it. I can tell you this, I am not sure that I can ever eat Frosted Flakes ever again.

I was hessitant about sharing this story with you, but tonight one of the girls at clinical came to me and told me that she's been eating frosted flakes for breakfast every day this week. Every morning she pours a bowl she can't help but laugh, be grossed out for a second, and think about the insane things that happen in the walls of a hospital! She told me this was a must blog, so this is for you Delores! Hope I didn't scare anyone away! It is my hope that I don't have any more disgusting things happen like this.