How About Some Dancin?

Every now and then I will have a patient that makes such a difference in my life that I will never forget them (sometimes this is not a good thing, but others its a great thing). 
It was a busy night from the get go.  And then one of my patients decides that he is going to be difficult and go septic.  Since this is not a good thing, and usually requires a lot of extra monitoring, these patients are usually moved off of our floor.  However, this night, the doctors had decided to leave the patient here.  He was stable for the most part.  Sure he had a dobhoff tube, and was very jaundice but he was in great moods. 
The tech and I went in to clean the patient up.  As we were in there we quickly discovered what a character this patient was.  He very quickly joined in with our banter and was picking on us.  He asked me to go dancing and was flirting with the tech.  Next thing, we knew he was romancing both of us by singing us Robert Stewart songs.  He was actually a pretty good singer (or as good as anyone could be with a tube going down the back of their throat).  The night passed quickly with him being a tease and a flirt. 
However, when I came in the next night, I knew that he was not feeling well at all.  He was not his joking self and would barely say a word at all.  I convinced the doctors that he needed to be moved to a higher acuity.  The doctors wanted a CAT scan before they moved him.  The patient was too afraid to go by himself so I asked the tech to go with him.  When he returned to the floor, it was time to transfer him to the other unit.  It was rough because when he realized he was leaving us, he started to cry and didn't want to go. 
Over the next couple of weeks, the tech and I went to visit him on the other floor.  It was super cute because every time, we came to visit he would get this huge grin and start to sing us more songs.  It was great to see him improving.  He finally improved enough to go home, and the night before he left I went to see him for one last visit.  He was in the best mood I had ever seen him in.  He of course sang me a few songs and of course flirted and teased.  He reminded me that I owed him some dancing.  I laughed and said "Well you never know".  He grinned and said that he would never forget me. 
It was great to feel so appreciated.  It was also amazing knowing that I had made such a difference in this patient's life while he was here at the hospital.  Every time I hear a Rob Stewart song now, it makes me think of him and his positive attitude while he was here.