Early Wednesday

How was your Monday & Tuesday?  Busy here.

I worked Monday night and then when I got off this morning I went by Dream Dinners and fixed the Thanksgiving side dishes, Parmesan Crusted Chicken, and Peach Caramel French Toast.  All three things sound yummy.  If you've never checked out these dinner helper places, you should.  They are wonderful!

After the Dream Dinners thing, I went to Caleb's Thanksgiving Play.  He was so cute and just knew all his lines, and was telling everyone else theirs.  It was great!  I then came home and just crashed having been up for 23hours at that point.  Ugh!  I did have plans on Thanksgiving meal shopping, but instead I just slept for about 4hours.  I couldn't sleep any longer but I was too tired to get up, so I just laid in bed for 2 more hours.  I then got up, got a shower and went and got Kathryn from the airport.  Yea!  Kathryn is here!

I tell you, sometimes I get so frustrated at work.  Like Monday night.  I was in triage and try to tell doctors when I feel there are patients who need to be seen right away.  There were two that night, and right in both instances.  But things were so busy and they didn't get seen real fast, and then when the Doctor/PA saw the patients they were running around because the patients were really sick.

One was a little 2yr old boy that had been bitten by an "insect".  I didn't initially think much about it because there was hardly a mark on the little boy, but he just wasn't acting right.  I kept asking the mom all sorts of questionslike did she see what bit him, but she didn't.  Finally she said "I got bit too, do you want to see it?"  I'm like "uh...yeah!".  So then I look at her bite and I said "Did you see a scorpion?"  "No"  I said "I think your son got bit by a scorpion".  Now for most people being stung by a scorpion isn't that big of a deal except that it hurts, but in young children they can have severe reactions with some pretty serious neurological symptoms.  To me that little boy fit the bill.  So I tell the doctor and he says "tell the PA I'm in the middle of an admit".  So I tell the PAand he's like "oh great, I'll see him in a little while" and never did.  He left!  So then it's an hour later and I didn't know the little boy had just been seen when I hear the other nurses talking about transferring him to Children's.  I'm like "what's wrong with him".  The doctor said "oh he got stung by a scorpion and he has serum sickness, he is going to have to get the anti-venom."  Oh really?  The good news is the little boy got the medicine and went home that night.  But damn it!  These are the times I wish I had gone ahead with my Nurse Practitioner program!  Instead I am just the lowly nurse who can only do so much.

I work tonight.  I hope each of you are able to spend the holidays with your loved ones.  Enjoy the time together and be safe!

 De