In Horrifying Short Story, X-Ray Discovers Patient Has No Skeleton

We don't often find medical fiction so gruesome.

The short story posted on the NoSleep subreddit is disgusting and ridiculous. It begins as a sort of workplace mystery told from the perspective of an X-ray technician named Jack who, along with his coworker Carol, has just discovered that a patient who came in with an apparent bone fractured does not actually have any bones.

The narrator says "'solid, feels a bit...'" I cringed at the thought of touching the patient's leg, how it appeared to be stuck under my fingers.

The technicians would do what any medical professional in their position would do if they were faced with such a dilemma: they would give the patient a computerized tomography (CT) Scan.

Carol says after they get the patient into the sarcophagus-esque machine that there seems to be something significant. Jack notes that her "super formal" speech is more upsetting than she said about the patient.

The pace of the story picks up after the pair get the images from the computed toms back, which show a patient with a bunch of insects holding his body up.

'Quarantine.' I looked up at Carol, but she said it again, louder and more firmly. 'Quarantine! Right now. Lock the doors, we need security.'

'Okay, I'll go to-'

'No, here too, you and me. We've touched the patient.' She walked over and locked the operation room door, pulling out her phone and [dialing] a number at the same time. 'The door Jack, now!'

After upchucking and discovering a number of tiny cuts on his own body, our narrator begins a lengthy dialogue with his colleague that reveals a truth that is even more frightening than what's inside the young man.

We recommend you head over to rNoSleep to find out what's happening in the hospital rooms, because we don't want to ruin the ending. By the end, you will be itching all over.

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