He was a jerk.
He was rude to the triage nurse.
He was rude to the x-ray tech.
He tried to be rude to me when I went in his room a second time.
His story? He stepped on broken glass at 3am with bare feet and cut his foot. Over 6 hours later he decided to go to the Emergency Department.
The real story?
When you have to suture someone up, they can't move, they can't go anywhere. You either talk to each other or there is a kind of awkward silence.
It was indeed the real story... stepping on glass. Like so many other stories, there were a few more details.
The night before, he got really bad news. He was really upset. He picked up a drinking glass and threw it against the wall, shattering it. He thought he cleaned it all up but quickly found out he missed a piece at 3am. One dressing held together by duct tape later and he went back to sleep.
What a jerk, right?! Breaking glass. Being rude.
The day before, he found out that "a loved one had passed". That's what he initially told me. It was his ex-girlfriend, someone he still cared deeply for. He broke up with her because she couldn't get clean. That's right. Another victim of drugs. He tried over and over to help her, but the addiction was too strong. Even after they broke up, he still tried.
He runs five miles at a trail I love. He has a job. He has parents. He's probably a lot like you and me.
The day before I saw him, she lost her life to her addiction.
He couldn't help her.
He tried.
He told me about it.
As I was sewing up his foot he broke down.
He sobbed.
He lost someone he loved to a disease even though he did his best to help her. He questioned if he did enough or if he could have done more.
He sobbed.
He wasn't a jerk.
He was a human being having a really, really sad day.
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