On the Lighter Side...

Excuse Notes from Parents (unedited)

  • My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.

  • Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.

  • Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

  • Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

  • Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

  • Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.

  • Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

  • Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.

  • Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.

  • Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

  • Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever.

    There must be something going around, Her father even got hot last night.
 

Actual Physician Chart Notes (unedited)

  • On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared completely.


  • The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.

  • Discharge Status: Alive but without permission.

  • The patient refused autopsy.

  • The patient was alert and unresponsive.

  • Rectal exam revealed normal size thyroid.

  • She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

  • The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.

  • Skin: somewhat pale but present.

  • Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

  • I saw your patient today who is still under our car for physical therapy.