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Month: January 2011
The Ask-A-Nurse Radio Show …
“I HAVE A(n) IDEA …” – I say (in jest) on this anniversary of a WISE man’s birthday. What about an ER based radio talk show (… late night, of course) ? “Caller – you’re on the air … What question can we help you with today?” And the next 20 minutes are spent explaining …
Procrastination … grown-up style
So … I’ve been dragging my feet. I hate it when I procrastinate, but … DARN. Sometimes being grown up and responsible just BITES. Ooh – that’s funny. I’m not talking about anything serious, like the 86 yearly competency tests waiting for me at work, or ‘working’ the tax papers or even checking on the …
The Name Game …
I’ve taken this week to decide on names for 4 of our 7 Yorkie pups … the three that are still nameless are Nay’s giant babies (compared to Little Man), who are just starting to open their eyes, and are still Monet’s babies more than mine. So – let me introduce you to some of …
The kinder, gentler weekend …
So amazing to think back on how very painful last weekend was (the PTSD-style flashback dreams still haunt me) and compare it to this one: The crazy, chaotic universe known as [our] ER still had it’s fair share of drama (darn 20-somethings, anyway), tragedy (patient/families learning in the ER about their new cancer diagnosis), frustration …
The Little Yorkie That Could …
NayNay’s little man … John and I have spent the last 8 days round-the-clock supplementing one of Monet’s little boys … Soon after delivery, it became apparent that his nursing ‘staying power’ wasn’t much, and he was being knocked off nursing by his littermates. With Yorkies – they are SO small, that 99.9% of the …
Houston … we had a problem
So … throw the cumulated stress of holidays, work, another DARN SANE meeting (people STILL suck!!*), and spousal unit discord together … and you get an overweight, middle-aged, crusty ER nurse & mother that crashes … HARD! I just slept for the last 18 hours STRAIGHT … AMAZING! While I’m still overweight, middle-aged and probably …
Watch out Walmart … here I come
Yet another brutal weekend in the ER. Seemed like everyone was trying to test my resolve to stick with my New Year Resolution … I didn’t fair well. From unbelievably immature kids (who are about to become parents in a few short months!!) to seizing, vomiting (read: aspirating) developmentally delayed adults, I seemed to move from …
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