I had a patient like this over the summer. He was terribly mean, not just to me, but to everyone on our staff. He brought his injury upon himself and I had to bite my tongue daily not to scream, “It’s your own d*M$ fault!” He sucked the life out of us and no matter what we did, he just thought of something new. He even told me he’d hit me if I didn’t do something (thankfully, he had very little arm movement).

When he left, people actually cheered. He said, “see you later.” on the way out. A lot of us thought, “Not on your life!” as he rolled away.

It was a happy day for us.