Sick

I've been laying in bed for almost 48 hours straight.

Sick.

Too sick to even watch Dr. Quinn. And if you know me, that is really sick.  All I did was lay in bed quietly with the light off and try and sleep.

And no, I'm not going to see the doctor for one episode of emesis and one soft stool (YKYANW #2).

I've been staying hydrated with a gallon of water next to my bed that I got for the hurricane that didn't come here last month.  So emergency preparedness isn't just for doomsday preppers.  And juice my roomie got for me.

I think I'm going to start moving around soon.  Maybe.

I work 3 nights in a row starting Saturday night.  I'll be all better by then, by the grace of God.

"Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise." Jeremiah 17:14

Lessons Learned #2

Lesson 2: Answer your phone when it rings.

Source: Didn't answer the phone, twice.  Blood sugar 26.

"Pleasant words are as honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." Proverbs 16:24

Sleep

I really don't like my current sleeping habits.

Love the night shift.

Hate the sleeping patterns on my days off.

If I work three days in a row, I sleep fine.  I sleep good actually.  But after the three days in a row, and I have two days off work, I sleep during weird times, and I don't like it.

Mantra: I get paid more to work nights.  I get paid more to work nights.  I get paid more to work nights.

"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8

Seven Patients

I worked this past weekend three days in a row.  Here are some highlights:

• Dying patient who's wife isn't ready to left go,
• Blood sugar of 26,
• PEG tube pulled out,
• Patient fell,
• "Come look at my poop, please,"
• Demented patient hit me, twice,
• Zone page to the floor, Asystole, but it was a false alarm,
• Scheduled computer downtime,
• Cutest little old man who got ignored because it was crazy.

So yeah, it was my first time with 7, that's right 7, patients.  Something not atypical for my floor.  40 beds. 6 nurses + a charge nurse.

I've been a nurse about four and a half months now, and it's been a wild ride already.

"Through God we shall do valiantly." Psalm 60:12a