On the eve before a patient has a colonoscopy ,  they must drink this awful solution call "GO LYTLY"It cleans their bowels until their BM movement is clear. I had this patient, well call her Helen, 93, alert and oriented x3, a mover and a shaker, independant getting out of bed. She rung her light, I asked Helen what she needed. She said that she had awful gas and wanted to know if she had soiled the pad on the bed. I had her roll to her side to check, "coast clear". Helen was relieved. I told Helen that if she had that much gas that I would put her in a wheel chair and take her to the parking garage and back her up to my gas tank on my car. We laughed, as we both have a great sense of humor! Acouple hours passed, Helen rung her light again. When I went in to see what she needed, Helen responded, "I just KNOW that I messed the bed this time!" Again I had Helen roll to her side and as she rolled she proceed to blow gas with a force at me. Helen said , I'm so sorry!"  I told her not to get herself upset and that this was part of my job being a nurse. Helen thanked me for bring humor to an embarassing situation. I looked at Helen and said, "forget the parking garage, I'm taking you to the airport" We laughed so much that all the nurses working with me came to the room to see what all the comotion was about.

Good story! Great patient care!!!

Good thing there is no longer any smoking in healthcare facilities.  What an explosion that would have caused.