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			Even Jesus Isn’t Coming Out Of This One 
 Hospital, Ignoring & Inattentive, Nurses, Oregon, USA | Healthy | September 23, 2018
 
 
 (I go to the ER one night for suspected appendicitis. The nurse orders a blood draw and urine sample.)
 
 Nurse: “We’ll run your blood to see if anything is unusual, run a pregnancy test on your urine, and then go from there.”
 
 Me: “No need. There’s no chance that I’m pregnant.”
 
 Nurse: “We have to make sure.”
 
 Me: “I’m sure. If you look at my intake, you’ll see that I had a complete hysterectomy six years ago. I also haven’t had sex with a penis in four years. If by some dark magic I’m pregnant, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than my appendix.”
 
 (The nurse didn’t care, and the doctor ordered a pregnancy test, anyway. Lo and behold, it was negative.)
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