Toe Check Mix-Up

A patient asked me to check if his toe was still attached after surgery. I pulled back the

blanket, counted all ten toes, and reassured him everything looked

perfect. He stared at me confused and said that's impossible because they amputated

his finger, not his toe. I had been looking at the wrong patient's chart the entire

time. Turns out his roommate had the toe surgery. I apologized profusely while he just laughed

and showed me his bandaged hand. Then he winked and said at least now he knows his toes

are doing great too. Sometimes the best patient care is accidentally checking

things they didn't even know they needed checked.