[Mikeod]

While examining a patient in the eye department at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, I got a call from the front desk. They told me a nurse was calling from the operating room with a question for me. I took the call and a female voice informed me they had a problem and needed some information. She told me they were doing a colonoscopy and broke a patient's contact lens. All I could think of to say was " My God, you are thorough!!!".

After a few seconds, the nurse began to laugh obviously realizing how the statement sounded. What really happened was that the patient began to tear and his lens popped out whereupon someone stepped on it and broke it. She actually wanted to know if we could order a replacement.