Sunrise

Okay, this makes driving into work at 0500 worth it.

Go vote!!!

Please, please, please, get out there & vote!!!

You want my opinion? Yes on 8.

Goodbye...

Daylight savings time...I will miss you!

Almost done

I've almost made it through my first night shift ever! God bless you,
night shifters. I am so tired I can't see straight. I'm sure I'll
barely be able to drive 10 miles to my nice warm bed.

Only two more hours to go, then nite nite!!

Happy Respiratory Care Week!!!

Hope your hospital appreciates you more than my hospital!!!

Give me a break!!

My phone rings....

"Respirtory, this is IE."

I need a breathing treatment in ER bed 2.

So, I wander over to the ER, and pull the chart for bed 2.
51yo female; cheif complaint - pneumonia x 3 months; vital wnl; in bold letters, I read, IS A DAILY HEROIN USER.

Great.

"Hi, DHU (daily heroin user), my name is IE from respiratory. I
have a breathing treatment for you."

"I got pneumonia for 3 months. cough. cough. I just finished a course
of antibiotics that didn't do nutin. cough. cough. I think I need to admitted
for IV antibiotics. cough. cough."

"Okay, here's your tx, let me take a listen....take a deep breath."

Now this lady was a clear as clear can be. But 'coughing' up a storm.

"How do I sound?" she asks me.

"Not too bad for having pnuemonia for 3 months."

"Oh," she says, "well can you make it worse than it is so they will admit
me?"

"Seriously? Just sit there and take your treatment and I'll be back
in a few minutes."

So I promptly found her nurse and informed him of our conversation.

Fast forward 10 minutes, I go to take DHU's tx off.

"Now what? Aren't you gonna give me some antibiotics? And pain meds?
This pneumonia is giving me alot of pain. At least a 9."

Now how did I know this was coming????

"Now you will wait for radiology for a chest xray and probably
another breathing treatment or too."

"Hhhmmmtt. I couldda done this at home."

Don't let the door hit ya....

Oh the pain!!!

I've given birth to 4 babies, broken my big toe playing soccer, busted
my knee playing soccer, broken my arm three times, suffer from chronic
pain which will require a hysterectomy (thanks to the crappiest doctor
ever) as soon as I work up the nerve to be cut wide open.

But last night, wow!

We went out to eat at the local yummy pizza place. The tables and
floors are a little sticky, but the pizza is awesome.

My daughter spilled her drink all over the place. As I started to
stand up, my foot slipped out from under me and right under the base
of the table. Since it doesn't really get cold in southern California,
I was wearing flip flops.

My poor index toe slid right under the table and the nail was lifted
up. I tried not to make a scene, but tears instantly welled up. Holy
crap, did it hurt. I looked down, toenail still there, but now it's
bleeding.

Now I love blood and guts, but not my own. I'm kindof freaked out, so
I just asked for a bag of ice & poured peroxide all over it when I got
home. The nail is cracked & loose, but I'm afraid to try & remove it,
so I just covered it up & took a motrin.

Oh, I know what I'll do, call 911. Then the er doc can take care of it
for me. Oh!!! Maybe I can get a shot of dilaudid too. The pain is
definetly an 11.

;)