228. In Tune

Marsh's urinalysis shows bacteria in the submitted sample, but no harmful bacteria in the culture, just common skin bacteria; i.e., a contaminated sample.  Her symptoms (mainly frequency of urination) continue so another sample is obtained--same results.

But "I'm in tune with my body," she responds, in support of her certainty that she has a bladder infection because these symptoms in the past have been associated with the same. "Just give me a mild antibiotic."

Problem is, it's one thing to tune a six string guitar; it's another to tune a twelve string guitar. She's pregnant: another six strings to figure out.

So I suggested she come in for a catheter specimen--we insert a small sterile tube into the bladder to obtain a non-contaminated sample.