Dr P Aed was glad that her afternoon clinic had finished. She has long clinic list, possibly the longest of all (paediatricians in her hospital). Oh well, for the apparent 2 reasons I guess: i) her intense dedication for kiddies and ii) her being so nice to not say 'NO' to extra appointment.
She looked around her consultation room- toys scattered all over the floor and a messy table: used cups and a dictaphone [she has to dictate a couple more]. 'Later' she said as she headed to the clinic's WC.
As she entered the toilet cubicle she noticed lumps of stool bobbing in the toilet bowl. Gross, I know. Lightly colored, yellowish she said. Offensive smell. Yikes! Whoever used the toilet before her certainly need to learn his/her manner. Flushing isn't that difficult. This must be a case of an irresponsible being.
Gosh, what should she do now? She was completely innocent though, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. People will certainly think that she was the one who made up the mess. The next person will assume that as if its hers. No, surely that cant be right, 'I'm a respectable consultant' she said 'and I dont people to think otherwise'.
Flush- flush- flush!
NOOOOOO! She wailed quietly. The stool was still floating. She felt queasy, prick of sweat started to appear on her forehead. The more she focus on the stool, the more she felt as if the stool was looking at her, mocking! Dear God- what should she do now?
Let give it another couple of tries. Flush... not flushing! She almost given up hope then. FLUSHed for the last time.
[Camera panned from her view to about 10cm away to the toilet bowl] WHOOSH.... gurb..gurb..gurb...[in a slow mo version] the stool thankfully flushed away.
Dr P Aed couldnt believe that this is ever gonna happen to her. Disgusted but relief, she left the WC back to her consultation room.
AHA... She just remembered that it was actually the day of a CF clinic too. Classic!
****end of story****
this is half true, half made-up story. i'll let you decide which one is which.
INFOs: CF (Cystic Fibrosis) is a condition where there is a defect in the Na/Cl channels on the cell surface resulting in problem with digestion and respiration. The actual condition described in the story above is STETORRHOEA. Poor fat absorption in the intestine result in high fat content in stool, making it very difficult to flush and smell really awful [due to bacteria's action]. It is typical to have to flush it a LOT of time to clear it completely from the loo.
(Editor's Note trying to be the devil advocate, hehe: Imagine having to clean up the loos after a big, national level CF patients get-together! Let have a plumber on standby.)
This picture is disconcerting. Why am I looking at it anyway? There are alot more not-so-nice (I dont want to say f***ing horrendous) pictures that I've came across: vaginal discharge, perforated bowel, fungating breast cancer, gangrenous toes that self-amputate. And they all made me questioned myself, is this really what I want to deal with?
