Well 7:15am was upon us and Corinna and I ran so fast to the hostel to pack up and headed back to Flagstaff.
We then ate, packed up the condo and said our farewells for the week. She is going to see her son and grand kids and then back to Texas to see her daughter and friends.
I headed to Phoenix so I could catch an afternoon plane to Columbia!
I was so exhausted but excited at the same time and I finally arrived in Columbia at 11:23pm. My friend Chad picked me up at the airport and I ended up staying out all night until Jeff came and picked me up at about 7:45am.
I then got home and enjoyed some sleep in my own bed for the first time in a whole month! It was glorious! I am already dreading having to get back next week for another seven in a row, but do know that the following week I will be already coming back home to see my kids :)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Kawasaki Disease
The last shift and I was so glad to see it arrive.
It seemed to be the longest week of my life.
I did however have an interesting case with a 22 month old whom I admitted this morning. She had a reoccurance of Kawasaki disease.
At 7:15 I will be out the door here... back to the hostel ... and on my way to enjoying seven glorious days off!
It seemed to be the longest week of my life.
I did however have an interesting case with a 22 month old whom I admitted this morning. She had a reoccurance of Kawasaki disease.
At 7:15 I will be out the door here... back to the hostel ... and on my way to enjoying seven glorious days off!
Monday, March 15, 2010
A Sleepless Day
After four nights and especially the busy one of yesterday I get back to the hotel and am wired and so exhausted and so wanted to talk with my family.
So I decided to call and check in with the kids first before they headed off to school...
Then I spent 45 minutes on the phone with the IRS... not even going to tell that story right now.
After that I spent some time thinking about what I was going to do on my days off and decided to give up the condo and fly home. So I bought a ticket and arranged for some alone time, which I really needed. Not alone with me time, just needing some time to regroup, rethink and resolve some issues in my current plan.
So I got a total of 1.5 hours of sleep and had a pretty steady night which was good as I sure did not need to fall asleep while trying to chart or something.
Only one more to go and the first week will be done
So I decided to call and check in with the kids first before they headed off to school...
Then I spent 45 minutes on the phone with the IRS... not even going to tell that story right now.
After that I spent some time thinking about what I was going to do on my days off and decided to give up the condo and fly home. So I bought a ticket and arranged for some alone time, which I really needed. Not alone with me time, just needing some time to regroup, rethink and resolve some issues in my current plan.
So I got a total of 1.5 hours of sleep and had a pretty steady night which was good as I sure did not need to fall asleep while trying to chart or something.
Only one more to go and the first week will be done
Sunday, March 14, 2010
A Night of No Relief
This was absolutely the longest and busiest night I have had in a very long time!
Started out with an admission that arrived right before I got here and another infant crashing and needing constant care until a flight crew could get lined up and the baby stable enough to get in the air.
Then another two more new patients and I barely had time to stop and eat...
Sorry these entries are so short and boring but I ran out of internet minutes and honestly have been super busy!
Started out with an admission that arrived right before I got here and another infant crashing and needing constant care until a flight crew could get lined up and the baby stable enough to get in the air.
Then another two more new patients and I barely had time to stop and eat...
Sorry these entries are so short and boring but I ran out of internet minutes and honestly have been super busy!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
My First Hump Day
What a drastic difference one night can make... one shift can make. All I can say is that I am glad we got a free hour... time changes for most of the country although in Arizona the only area that observes DST is the reservation.
So for a decent and slow night and an hour shorter... I was glad to be halfway through my shifts and ready to have some time off.
So for a decent and slow night and an hour shorter... I was glad to be halfway through my shifts and ready to have some time off.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Buzy as a Bee
Night three and the night started out just as busy as I left it.
Just wondering if I will make it through seven nights...
We will have to see
Just wondering if I will make it through seven nights...
We will have to see
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Night Number Two
Well I have one good thing to report first off... I am officially down 10.0 pounds since I started my new diet on 2/22/10. I set a goal to lose 10 pounds per month and I have gotten this far in almost three weeks. This started my day off pretty decent.
The place we are staying is not very quiet during the day. We put a do not disturb, sleeping sign on our door. Now we know they have to clean rooms and such and to our knowledge there was only one person staying in the hall where we were... but they must have flushed every toilet in the building where we could hear it 14 times! And I guess because we would not let them into our room they decided that they needed to vacuum outside our door and our hallway at least a dozen times.
I know I got a couple of hours of sleep, because when I woke up at 2 pm after knowing that it was 11 the last time I looked at my phone... I had missed a couple of phone calls! I think I answered thew phone once and maybe that is what happened to wake me up... but my recruiter Joe called and I honestly to this minute have no idea what we talked about or if I even needed to do something. Once we hung up I checked my voice mails and to my surprise there was a call from Camp High Rocks which I have been waiting weeks for. When I returned the phone call however, she had already left for the day and I forgot about the time difference for the first time in awhile. So I left a message and hope to hear from her again tomorrow. The great thing about this is the camp is really cool and it would be a great opportunity to get a few weeks of work in here. What boy would not like it. Check it out right here! Camp High Rocks . I also happen to know one of the staff members and one of the owners through Jeff;s scouting brothers. I hope that it will work out.
Finally dragged my behind up and saw that Corinna was still gone, she had left earlier when she could not sleep to go try and workout... I had not been that adventurous as I had only been asleep for 2 hours when she decided to go and she had several more hours of sleep than I. I tried to explain to her that I am NOT a morning person and 1 in the afternoon is like 1 in the morning to me. She decided that after trying out the hospital workout area that she would go and visit with Kentucky who has our food and such and they ended up going on a walk and so lost track of time. So when it was like 5:15 she comes back all apologetic (which I was not mad) and we get ready for work. We headed to Kentucky's and I hurriedly prepared our meals and I honestly was not very hungry and just feel downright miserable.
We head to work and as soon as I literally put my stuff down in the unit... there is a CODE BLUE called in another area of the hospital... well one nurse from every unit has to respond and since change of shift was happening I decided to head that way as well as one of the Day Lead Nurses... after a brisk sprint through the facility we arrive and within a minute or two... the code was over.
Back to the unit I found that tonight we only have 4 patients and they are all adults... I know Adults in the pediatric unit... My 14 and 16 year old went home and I just had my 40 year old who had surgery today. I was working with Corinna who had two patients and The LPN who had the same one patient as yesterday.
We got settled into our routine and kept waiting for the call that an admission was coming... We ended up sending the CNA over to work on OB which was only sad in the fact that she is a very fun and nice lady.
The place we are staying is not very quiet during the day. We put a do not disturb, sleeping sign on our door. Now we know they have to clean rooms and such and to our knowledge there was only one person staying in the hall where we were... but they must have flushed every toilet in the building where we could hear it 14 times! And I guess because we would not let them into our room they decided that they needed to vacuum outside our door and our hallway at least a dozen times.
I know I got a couple of hours of sleep, because when I woke up at 2 pm after knowing that it was 11 the last time I looked at my phone... I had missed a couple of phone calls! I think I answered thew phone once and maybe that is what happened to wake me up... but my recruiter Joe called and I honestly to this minute have no idea what we talked about or if I even needed to do something. Once we hung up I checked my voice mails and to my surprise there was a call from Camp High Rocks which I have been waiting weeks for. When I returned the phone call however, she had already left for the day and I forgot about the time difference for the first time in awhile. So I left a message and hope to hear from her again tomorrow. The great thing about this is the camp is really cool and it would be a great opportunity to get a few weeks of work in here. What boy would not like it. Check it out right here! Camp High Rocks . I also happen to know one of the staff members and one of the owners through Jeff;s scouting brothers. I hope that it will work out.
Finally dragged my behind up and saw that Corinna was still gone, she had left earlier when she could not sleep to go try and workout... I had not been that adventurous as I had only been asleep for 2 hours when she decided to go and she had several more hours of sleep than I. I tried to explain to her that I am NOT a morning person and 1 in the afternoon is like 1 in the morning to me. She decided that after trying out the hospital workout area that she would go and visit with Kentucky who has our food and such and they ended up going on a walk and so lost track of time. So when it was like 5:15 she comes back all apologetic (which I was not mad) and we get ready for work. We headed to Kentucky's and I hurriedly prepared our meals and I honestly was not very hungry and just feel downright miserable.
We head to work and as soon as I literally put my stuff down in the unit... there is a CODE BLUE called in another area of the hospital... well one nurse from every unit has to respond and since change of shift was happening I decided to head that way as well as one of the Day Lead Nurses... after a brisk sprint through the facility we arrive and within a minute or two... the code was over.
Back to the unit I found that tonight we only have 4 patients and they are all adults... I know Adults in the pediatric unit... My 14 and 16 year old went home and I just had my 40 year old who had surgery today. I was working with Corinna who had two patients and The LPN who had the same one patient as yesterday.
We got settled into our routine and kept waiting for the call that an admission was coming... We ended up sending the CNA over to work on OB which was only sad in the fact that she is a very fun and nice lady.
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