For whatever reason he was always my favorite, which is strange since I've always been told I have this very bubbly, upbeat personality. Opposites attract I guess. The point to this rambling is that lately I've been feeling very sorry for myself because of everything that's been going on. Very much of an, "oh bother" attitude. I think I mentioned that my landlord is a little rude to me, and by little I mean a lot. Moving to the new apartment has been stressful because of that and also all the extra costs that you don't realize when you're a first time renter. I'm officially broke as a joke. I really haven't had the chance to enjoy my new nice paychecks like I thought I'd be able to. =[ Being a new nurse is stressful! But I still love my job, even though some days I feel like I have no brain left to function with. Also, I was in a wreck on Saturday. Thank God no one was hurt, and the only scratch I had was a chipped tooth from the airbag. It could have been so much worse and I was very blessed. The bad part is though that it ended up totaling my car. I had to say goodbye to Lucy, who I have had since I was 16, and I won't lie and say I didn't get emotional about it. Now I have to somehow find the money in my budget to get a new (more than likely used) car. Then I've had a lot of stress in my personal life too and I'm just feeling very overwhelmed and as if the world is coming down on me from all sides.
Well time to suck it up, Whitney. The world isn't after me and I live a very blessed life. This mopey attitude is officially gone and it's time to get back to the things that mean the most to me. God, Family, Friends, and my Health. Finally started back running and I'm not going to let any excuses get in my way.
So anyway, enough of that. Let's get back to nursing.
I love surgeries. If I could do it all day I would. Thursday was an INSANE day at work. We had deliveries back to back to back to back to back. And then a few more later that day. We're a relatively small hospital and to say this was a hectic day is the big understatement I can imagine.
The first c-section we had that morning was awesome. By awesome I mean bloody and crazy and hectic. I don't wanna give too many details, but this woman ended up bleeding a lot more than expected. The baby got stuck and vacuums and forceps ended up being used. It was crazy to see and the staff handled it perfectly. We did have an "OH SHIT" moment when the vacuum popped off once and went flying. It sprayed blood EVERYWHERE, hit the girl assisting right in the face (thank God for masks and eye shields), there was a PA student observing who had a big splash on her hat that she was completely clueless about... It was great and I was snickering behind my mask the whole time.
I've also had my first 'issue' with a doctor lately. I would like to think I'm good at a lot of things. Since starting L&D though, I'm especially great at catheters. Every patient gets one pretty much, and I've been the one doing them all pretty much. So I've gotten really good and really quick at it. Apparently one patient had some blood in her urine, however she's had a history of UTIs, and happened to have a lot of issues with her birth. When the doctor saw her urine though she said, "She's probably had some trauma, the new girl put her catheter in and she struggled with it a little bit." Excuse me? I think not. I think placing blame on others is ridiculous but it's something I'm gonna have to get used to. My job is to provide great care and be a patient advocate and that's exactly what I'm going to focus on. I love all the other doctors, they're great and really care so I'm just going to brush this off... this time.
Anyway, I work the next 3 so I probably won't blog again this weekend. I finally have internet and cable though so blogging is MUCH easier now! :)
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