I had to rhabdo one time and was in the hospital on LOTS of fluids for five days. I had to pee in a bedside commode and the nurses had to periodically empty it so they could measure to make sure my kidneys were working (I guess?). One of my nurses was super pregnant and didn’t come as often as the others, and boy was I filling up that bucket! One time she came and it was SUPER close to overflowing, so it was obviously heavy. Halfway accross the room she dropped it 🫣. It was like a pee tsunami…pre everywhere! She let out the loudest fuuuuu**! I felt so bad for her but it was really hard not to laugh at the situation. Luckily I was extremely well hydrated and the pee was really diluted, and she didn’t have to be the one to clean it up. I could tell she was so done with everything at that point.
Having experienced Rhabdo about 10 times - you can unplug that IV machine and walk to the bathroom. They never tell the patient that for some reason, but luckily my experience kicks in.
The "for some reason" is because, like OP said, they need to be able to monitor how much, color, etc. of your urine. I have never heard of someone having had Rhabdo that many times, but if you have, I'm guessing you would know how important it is for them to monitor your urine rather than you just sneaking to the bathroom. 🤷🏽♀️
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u/8cowdot 8h ago
I had to rhabdo one time and was in the hospital on LOTS of fluids for five days. I had to pee in a bedside commode and the nurses had to periodically empty it so they could measure to make sure my kidneys were working (I guess?). One of my nurses was super pregnant and didn’t come as often as the others, and boy was I filling up that bucket! One time she came and it was SUPER close to overflowing, so it was obviously heavy. Halfway accross the room she dropped it 🫣. It was like a pee tsunami…pre everywhere! She let out the loudest fuuuuu**! I felt so bad for her but it was really hard not to laugh at the situation. Luckily I was extremely well hydrated and the pee was really diluted, and she didn’t have to be the one to clean it up. I could tell she was so done with everything at that point.