A male patient was lying in bed

A male patient was lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose, still heavily sedated from a difficult four-hour surgical procedure.

A young student nurse came into his room, ready to give him a partial sponge bath.

“Nurse,” he mumbled from behind the mask. “Are my ball black?”

Embarrassed, the young nurse replied: “I don’t know, Sir. I’m only here to wash your upper body.”

He struggled to ask again: “Nurse, are my ball black?”

Concerned that he might elevate his vitals from concern about his ball, she overcame her embarrassment and sheepishly pulled back the covers.

She raised his gown, held his weapon in one hand and his ball in the other, lifting and moving them around and around gently.

Then, she took a close look and said: “No sir, they aren’t. And I assure you, there’s nothing wrong with them!!”

The man weakly pulled off his oxygen mask, smiled at her and said, very slowly:

“Thank you very much. That was wonderful, but listen very, very closely….

“A r e – m y – t e s t – r e s u l t s – b a c k?”