On call, Sunday morning, 2:18 a.m.

Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy, returning a page."Dr. ER: "Hi, Ibee. It's Susan, over in emergency. I need your help."Dr. Grumpy: "What's up?"Dr. ER: "I have a 20-something guy here, who a few hours ago abruptly became paralyzed from the waist down, with severe lumbar pain. He can't move his legs at all. I sent him for a STAT MRI, which was normal, and..."Dr. Grumpy: "Does he have reflexes?"Dr. ER: "Yeah, and sensation is good, too. But he can't move either..."(yelling, screaming, swearing in background)(pause)Dr. ER: "Ibee, are you still there?"Dr. Grumpy: "Yeah. What was all that noise?"Dr. ER: "Never mind... When we refused to give him more Dilaudid he just got up and walked out. He's gone."
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