This past few weeks have been fun at clinicals. I have met a lot of strange people and had some interesting cases. There was an 87 year old female who is wheelchair bound from a prior CVA. She had went to out competitor twice in this last month for her chronic constipation. Patient states that they did nothing to help her so she came to our facility in hope we could make her feel better. She had not had a "good" bowel movement in 4 weeks. She had abdomen distention, nausea, and severe pain. After a routine CT abdomen and pelvis, she was diagnosed with a fecal impaction. Patient was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Two days after her admission and attempts from the floor to remove the impaction with digital stimulation. A KUB was preformed the film showed little improved from prior CT exam. I have never in my almost 14 years of being an tech have seen anything like this. It is truly amazing.
