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Emergency room doctors are use to seeing all sorts of bizarre things — and ina recent Reddit poston the subreddit r/emergency room, they’re sharing the weirdest items patients have brought to the hospital.
Ther/EmergencyRoomis described as “a subreddit for all of us involved in the emergency room. Anyone that works in or with the ER is welcome. We understand your twisted sense of humor!”
That humor was fully on display as they shared the weirdest, wildest — and at times, unsafe — things patients brought with them.
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Turns out‚ many patients bring in animals — andchickenssurprisingly top the list.
“Pet chicken. It was summer and too hot to leave it in the car,” Redditor llsaatzer wrote. “It sat in her lap for most of the time. It got a little bitey during the EKG.”
Roccmyworld added, “Had that happen once. We told her it could not come in. He chose to leave. No f—ing way are we letting a chicken in the ED.”
And as Key-Radio1090 chimed in, “A pet f—ing chicken, she said she couldn’t leave him in the car. Why tf did you bring him in the first place?”
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Another patient brought in “‘helper’ monkeys."
A patient brought in a suitcase full of French toast.Getty Images
Another bizarre answer: an “emotional support duck," while “a young boy…snuck ingarter snakesin his jacket. Grandpa was with him and he was pissed!”
Other patients brought their favorite snacks — often in large quantities — in suitcases.
“Not the ER, but we had a patient admitted for bowel prep (as he had failed to complete it so many times before) and brought a suitcase full ofMountain Dew2 liters,” wrote RevolutionaryYak4843.
Another patient also brought luggage, but it was stuffed withfrench toast.
“No syrup or butter, it looked a little dried out to me. But it honestly didn’t smell bad or anything,” wrote Diligent-Law-4275, who said the patient “wouldn’t agree to any treatment without her suitcase.”
If you’re headed to the emergency department, there are things you should bring — and none of them are pets or suitcases full of snacks.
And that definitely includes pet chickens.
source: people.com
