I am definitely not the person that gets up in enough time to sit at my kitchen table and read the paper while eating my breakfast. Instead I am pouring my cereal in a cup when I am already late and eating it during my 25 minute commute praying I don't spill and quickly brushing my teeth when I arrive. This morning was not unlike any other. Except for one thing.
As I walked my patient into the x-ray room, my friend/ co-worker started giggling quietly as she pointed to her shirt while looking at mine. I thought she was realizing that we wore matching colors, which isn't uncommon, until I looked down and saw a big white foamy stripe down the front of my dark purple scrub top. I couldn't help but start laughing as I wiped it off with my finger. I quickly rinsed off my hand while trying to unsuccessfully to hide my giggling. The only saving grace was that my patient was in the beginning stages of sedation and more than likely she won't remember the results of my uncontrolled drooling incident. Unfortunately the rest of my patients were not.
Did I mention that it didn't go away with just the wipe of my finger...or the scrubbing of a wet paper towel...or the scrubbing of a discinfectant wipe...or the scrubbing of another wet paper towel with soap on it? Oh no,it was very very resilient so I had to proudly wear a semi-faded white stripe of dried toothpaste drool down my top for the rest of the day. Haha nice.
