At Least He Didn't Pee In The Cup!

So my morning pt was the sweetest little old Spanish speaking man. He has been to the clinic multiple times before and when I brought him back he was responding to everything i was saying in his broken English. After the extra oral exam, i handed him a cup of Listerine and told him to rinse with it for 30 sec. and he said ok and seamed to understand. Thirty seconds later when i go to collect the cup, the Listerine is not in the cup or in his mouth. He totally swallowed it all! I asked Dr. Naylor who was in my pod if he was going to be ok because i was kinda freaking out. Ha ha, at least he didnt take it to the bathroom and bring it back with a urine sample like that story of the other Spanish speaking pt. Overall it was a wonderful day in clinic! I do think that i need to step up my scaling times because i am still very slow. Goal for next week is to make sure i have a translator if needed, and to speed up my time.