Fri Apr 08 2011 - crazy train...
crazy train...
finished yesterday morning, working 5 days of overnight shifts (three 12 hour shifts and two 10 hour shifts (that should have been 12's but i just couldn't do it and lost 4 hours of pay)....

never again. i hope this co-worker knows this. her 2nd vacation and she was hired months after i was... mostly mad at myself for agreeing to cover for her and not looking at the schedule. had i done that, i'd have realized that i signed up for five 12 hour shifts in a row.
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currently apartment hunting. looking to move for May 1st. already alerted landlord that i'd be leaving. tired of crazy man upstairs and cancerman across the way. also, i need a bedroom with a freakin' door...since Vincenzo continues to pee on my bed.

cbc, chem/lytes were normal. tested neg for felv/fiv (always test him since Sheera (orangehead) was FIV +). Vincenzo's USG was 1.018 - low normal. he's scheduled for a dental this monday.
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had a couple of disturbing emergencies come in. still kind of haunt me. little kitty 1 mo old that was accidentally stepped on. bloody nose and mouth and cold. kitty is doing alot better..24 hours later.

things to be proud of:
-got a cephalic iv cath (24gage) in the 1 month old kitty (jug wasn't an option due to head trauma)

-got a iv cath in a 3 mo old eng. bulldog that presented basically DOA.

-got a iv cath in a maltese that presented actively seizuring (gran mal)

-got a 16 gage iv cath in a neurologically inappropriate German Shepherd.

still haven't placed a jug or a sampling line...they don't like using back leg samplings (for good reason) so, i'm shooting to just be able to place a jugular

all in all, for being sleep deprived, i was on... we kept getting early morning(before the end of my shift) true emergencies... and i got what had to be done done. very proud of myself.
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saw Jane Eyre. wonderful version. highly recommend it.

have the next 5 days off, since i was on for 5 days. will use this time to start cleaning up, throwing out, and checking out apartments. would like to find an apartment that allows dogs as well, been thinking about adopting a dog...(shelter dog of course). we'll see.

need to get lunch....i'm hungry.

ciao!

Comments (1)

Salamander (Legacy)
Damn, woman, you should be working ER or surgical if you can hit veins like that.
 
 
 
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