What happens when...

A patient comes up missing in your hospital? Do you call security? Do you knock on the door of the bathrooms or your rehab training room? Even at the Hotel, you're not supposed to lose patients.

No, you just complain about said patient because he/she never came out of the room. My office mate told me this story recently.

"Hmm." I told him/her. "I heard a story on the radio and I figured Patient R was discharged."

"What?" he/she says.

"Patient R was interviewed by a reporter at his/her house. Apparently, some nice neighbors did some stuff for him/her and they ended up on the 'Feel good news' segment on RehabLand's WXYZ's news."

Too bad no one had that channel turned on at the Hotel. It got lots of airplay recently. Must have been a slow news day.

Yesterday, I saw Patient R come back with the key to the training room. He/she apologized.

I just smiled.

Never a dull moment. Stay tuned for more interesting returns.