had a genuine half-accident (kinda sorta made it) last month i'll tell y'all the story
so i won't say what kind of program i'm in for privacy reasons but just know foley catheters are part of it. i was doing a simulation where i have to put a foley into a mannequin
the problem was that i had drank a lot of water because i was nervous, was late that morning so i didn't get to pee, and it basically just SLAMMED me while we were watching the video demonstrations. i'm rocking back and forth a little, tapping my foot, but i'm good. and i'm thinking like oh i won't be the first up to do my demonstration so i'll have some time to go while other people are in the demo room. WRONG. i get called first
so i have to put the catheter into this mannequin, explain to said mannequin how it drains the bladder and will help with him feeling so distended. keep in mind inserting one of these is a long and sterile process so i absolutely cannot hold myself or really potty dance at all. and you have to keep your hands pretty steady. so i'm standing there trying SO hard to stop shaking. i know that my instructor is watching the cameras in the room to grade me so i'm hoping i just look nervous and like i'm not bursting
it takes me ten minutes. when i put the catheter itself into the mannequin i have to say things like "so you should be feeling your bladder becoming emptier" and "did that help relieve the pain?" so as you can fucking imagine i am genuinely dying
as i'm cleaning up all of my supplies i feel myself leak. it's so tiny and thank GOD i'm wearing shorts under my scrub pants bc i was planning on going to the gym after class. it's coming out in little spurts and im trying to nonchalantly cross my legs while i'm forced to basically stare at this hunk of plastic that's getting more relief than i am. imagine
my instructor dismisses me and i basically grab my stuff and run. didn't want to use the bathroom in the building because i knew the second i saw a potty it was going to be over and i'd be walking out in wet scrubs
thankfully i live very close to the building so i got in my car and i'm using one hand to drive and one hand to hold myself. i'm still leaking and they're getting longer and longer. you can definitely see them on the outside at this point but i literally don't care i'm getting tunnel vision from how bad i have to go. i got to the last red light to turn into my complex and started crying. i had to pee so bad i was panicking and i couldn't make it stop coming out
i was peeing as i was walking into the building. stumbled into my apartment and tore my scrub pants down and just peed through my undies into the toilet. didn't have time for anything else. i was shaking so bad













