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First Day of Spring!
Mar. 20th, 2012 08:03 pmHere's to spring! 'Bout time you got here, I'd say...but really, did you have to stop in Winnipeg first? I hear it was way warm there today. Seems like our weather took a detour back east. It actually snowed here yesterday :(
I was at work and someone said "hey, it's snowing!" and when I looked out the window, it was like a blizzard. Luckily it was a brief blizzard, and didn't stick around. Talk about weird weather patterns.
I am just about at the end of a long work period; I don't know what I was thinking when I booked my shifts, but only having one day off at a time is not a brilliant move. I am kind of dragging my butt here, and was definitely getting a bit cranky by the end of yesterday. I had a patient who was easy to look after, but she has the most enormous family..husband, 4 children, and 25 grandchildren! not to mention cousins, siblings and other assorted relatives, who all wanted to come in to see her. They were all polite and well behaved, but the un-ending stream of visitors wore me out.
I learned a new thing, though; how to say thank you in Haida. It sounds like 'howah', only more gutteral than I could manage. Cool.
Every once in awhile at work there's a patient who I feel a bit of a special connection with. Usually, although I care about the person I'm looking after, once I leave the ICU I don't think about them; but once in awhile there's someone who I kind of carry home with me. One such person was Don, a lovely gentleman who I had the pleasure of caring for over 4 shifts; he was just the nicest, most stoic man. He had a rocky road after some surgery, and had to go back to the OR a couple of times to stop some bleeding from stomach ulcers. On Sunday he was doing well, almost ready to leave ICU. I was looking after someone else in the same room, and when I went over to say hi, he grabbed my hand and said "it's such a blessing to see you again." He was sitting up in a chair in the afternoon, and his nurse and I were joking with him (someone brought in a chocolate cake, and I was telling him about it) He told me I was torturing him because he wasn't allowed food and he loved chocolate cake. I offered to get a little icing and put it on his lips. I was so happy to see him looking better. I came back on Monday morning, and his bed was empty. He rebled and died during the night. I felt like crying when I heard the news, and so did his surgeon when she came in that morning. We were all so shocked. It was very sad. But I'm glad we had a laugh and a little fun that afternoon, and glad that his wife saw it, and that his brother from back east was there visiting. You just never know when your time is coming up, so enjoy life while you can.
On a happier note, this weekend is the first horse show of the season, and Goldie is entered. She's an awesome jumper, and this will be her first ever show. We're all excited, and we really hope she wins a ribbon of some colour for Jack's sake; he would be over the moon if that happened. He's so proud of his girl. Fingers crossed for Goldie! I hope the weather is as good as they're predicting.
Happy first day of spring!
I was at work and someone said "hey, it's snowing!" and when I looked out the window, it was like a blizzard. Luckily it was a brief blizzard, and didn't stick around. Talk about weird weather patterns.
I am just about at the end of a long work period; I don't know what I was thinking when I booked my shifts, but only having one day off at a time is not a brilliant move. I am kind of dragging my butt here, and was definitely getting a bit cranky by the end of yesterday. I had a patient who was easy to look after, but she has the most enormous family..husband, 4 children, and 25 grandchildren! not to mention cousins, siblings and other assorted relatives, who all wanted to come in to see her. They were all polite and well behaved, but the un-ending stream of visitors wore me out.
I learned a new thing, though; how to say thank you in Haida. It sounds like 'howah', only more gutteral than I could manage. Cool.
Every once in awhile at work there's a patient who I feel a bit of a special connection with. Usually, although I care about the person I'm looking after, once I leave the ICU I don't think about them; but once in awhile there's someone who I kind of carry home with me. One such person was Don, a lovely gentleman who I had the pleasure of caring for over 4 shifts; he was just the nicest, most stoic man. He had a rocky road after some surgery, and had to go back to the OR a couple of times to stop some bleeding from stomach ulcers. On Sunday he was doing well, almost ready to leave ICU. I was looking after someone else in the same room, and when I went over to say hi, he grabbed my hand and said "it's such a blessing to see you again." He was sitting up in a chair in the afternoon, and his nurse and I were joking with him (someone brought in a chocolate cake, and I was telling him about it) He told me I was torturing him because he wasn't allowed food and he loved chocolate cake. I offered to get a little icing and put it on his lips. I was so happy to see him looking better. I came back on Monday morning, and his bed was empty. He rebled and died during the night. I felt like crying when I heard the news, and so did his surgeon when she came in that morning. We were all so shocked. It was very sad. But I'm glad we had a laugh and a little fun that afternoon, and glad that his wife saw it, and that his brother from back east was there visiting. You just never know when your time is coming up, so enjoy life while you can.
On a happier note, this weekend is the first horse show of the season, and Goldie is entered. She's an awesome jumper, and this will be her first ever show. We're all excited, and we really hope she wins a ribbon of some colour for Jack's sake; he would be over the moon if that happened. He's so proud of his girl. Fingers crossed for Goldie! I hope the weather is as good as they're predicting.
Happy first day of spring!
