Dear Patient, One time when I was a student intern, I was pulling needles from a patient and one of them would not come out of her arm. That thing was stuck. I pulled gently, then a little less gently, then finally not very gently at all. With each pull it felt like the patient’s cells were tightening around this needle, holding on with all their might.
Let the Needle Go
Let the Needle Go
Let the Needle Go
Dear Patient, One time when I was a student intern, I was pulling needles from a patient and one of them would not come out of her arm. That thing was stuck. I pulled gently, then a little less gently, then finally not very gently at all. With each pull it felt like the patient’s cells were tightening around this needle, holding on with all their might.