The Elephant Is Dead - New Republican Symbol - The Foley Catheter

[TomClash]

What better and timely way to depict Republican ideals?

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=53952839&context=photostream&size=o

http://www.phoenix5.org/glossary/Foley_catheter.html

[librechik]

1. I appreciate the humor--but I worked in a hospital

few will understand your cunning reference, I suspect.

BTW, there is nothing more painful to insert than a Foley. Or to remove.

[savemefromdumbya]

3. indeed, very painful!

[TomClash]

4. I think central lines are worse nt

[TomClash]

5. Then a few it is

I really didn't want to post the photo :)

[clydefrand]

2. Would you say that Foley's Foley has been DC'd???

I had surgery several years ago. One day shortly after the surgery, a nurse with a very strong southwestern Virginia twang came into my room and asked, "Has anybody DC'd your Foley?" At that time, I didn't know what a Foley was or what DC'd meant!

I still get a big chuckle just remembering this episode and my surprise at having a Foley! I knew I had a catheter, but I didn't know his name!

I told my husband the other night that Foley has finally been DC'd from D.C.! :-)

[TomClash]

6. Great stuff! DC'd! LOL! nt

[Ezlivin]

7. Foley Indwelling Catheters! The best!

Disclaimer: I don't use indwelling Foley catheters, but have friends who do.

I saw a newly minted quadriplegic rip his own Foley out of himself. Pretty amazing. Although neither he nor I could have felt it (I'm a para), I still winced. Yowza.

For the uninitiated, a Foley indwelling catheter has an inflatable balloon at the tip. Once the catheter is inserted, you inject sterile water into a special fitting and inflate the catheter's tip, thus securing inside one's bladder. It "indwells" the user.

26 years in a wheelchair and all the stories I could share right out of the VA....

[ShortnFiery]

8. "The Foley Catheter"

Gosh! I knew that sooner or later this link would be made. :P

[TomClash]

9. HAHAHA!!!

:P