walking into the room I too would have failed a breathalizer.
19 year old kid...drunk...got in a Saturday night fight...looks like he lost
he thought it was just a bloody nose.
poor kid split his lip all the way through
it took me a long time to sew..inside and out...even harder when the intoxicated young man keep trying to talk. (By the way, I am his new best friend. yippee me.)
in the end it looked really good if I don't say so myself. (he won't know it was my first lip to sew) I got compliments from an experienced nurse and my doctor there.
most memorable part: cleaned up and looking better and put back together..the kid says to me "so doctor when can I drink again?"
stunned with the question (and being called doctor),. I was silent. The fast thinking nurse said "at least 2 more years when your 21" and like a good nurse practitioner I piped in "maybe you should think about never drinking again"
