The Guy Who Left His Number Written In Marker On His Own Cast
Nurses Confess The Patients Who Crossed The Line →
Priya, 31, works ortho in a Houston trauma center and she has seen commitment — but Marcus, 38, who broke his wrist falling off a roof, took a Sharpie from the supply trolley and wrote his number directly on his own cast so that the nurse who applied it would "have it handy." She found it twelve hours into the next shift when she was checking his circulation. (Her exact words, per a colleague, were "oh my god" said very quietly into the middle distance.) Priya did not call. Marcus extended his stay by pretending his fingers felt numb, which three separate doctors confirmed was not the case. The cast comes off. The audacity? Apparently permanent.