Tuesday - And I'm Adjusting My Sails

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. ~~ Anonymous

Jeez!  Who hates AOHell?  I had a wonderful entry with appropriate graffics.  My first entry in 11 days and it gets eaten..Ahhhhhhhh!

Hey...Just in case you haven't noticed (or cared, lol) I haven't been on here much lately. I just wanted to say I am thinking about each and everyone of you and continuing to be a voyeur on your blogs.  I comment when I don't feel so weighed down. Just some stressful situations going on here lately, but we are working through it. Just kinda makes you want to put your head under a rock sometimes, KWIM?

And onto other more important worldly news...

 I'm mean, really?  Anybody else go "WTF?" when this was announced by J.K.Rowling in the news the other day?  And what does this has to do with the story line I might ask?  And why should we care?  Oh jeez, like Ms Rowling doesn't have enough money that she has to drum up some publicity to sell more books and movies.  Give me a break!

On a lighter note, I have been going to physical therapy for my shoulder, or should I say physical "torture", ha ha. Oh jeez! The actual exercises don't take long (about 20 minutes), then the PT person "massages" out the muscle spasms (that they caused) and applies a tens unit and ice. Jill (PT) feels very strongly that I have a partial rotator cuff tear (just confirming my "diagnosis") and hopefully I can avoid surgery with the physical therapy. Who knew that falling so gracefully out of your chair would be so much fun?

On to some funny stories from work...

#1 Young guy checks into ER with complaint of "other". Okay that means he doesn't want anyone to know. Call him into triage. "So, what brings you in today?" "I think I broke my penis." (Okay this goes under "you know you're an ER nurse if...you have ever had to leave a patient’s room (or triage) before you laugh uncontrollably). "I'm sorry, what did you say?" "I think I broke my penis." Hmmmm, new one. "And why do you think that?" "Well me and my wife were having sex and I don't know what she did but now it's all swollen and I'm in a lot of pain." I'm sitting there wondering what Kama Sutra position I need to avoid, and go, "Okay, well let's get you checked in." Fast forward to the patient's nurse..."hey De, you know that guy you gave me that thinks his penis is broken?" "Yeah?" "No kidding, dude broke his penis, he's going for surgery!" Good golly, how in heaven's name do you do that? Never mind. Some things are better left unknown.

#2 Goes under the heading of "language barrier". Most of you know that I live in Arizona and we have a very large immigrant population. Well there is often a language barrier in the ER as I do not speak Español. So this young Hispanic lady who speaks un poquito English is brought in the other morning after being involved in a rear-end MVA. She is strapped down to a backboard and in a c-collar (standard). As I go about getting her vital signs I begin my questions "Were you the driver or the passenger? Were you wearing your seatbelt? Did the airbag go off? Did you hit your head?" She is answering my questions appropriately, if not haltingly due to her limited English when we get to the last question of "Did you get knocked out?" "¿Qué?" "Did you get knocked out?" "¿Qué?" Me again, slower..."You know, did you hit your head, did you get knocked out?" M, my friendly Philippine nurse, was in the room helping out and she very distinctly asks the patient in a loud voice (you know if they don't understand, shout it) "You know, did you lose your conscious?" "Oh, si!" You might ask why didn't I just ask her if she lost consciousness, but when I ask it that way people frequently go "what do you mean?" so I have given up and just asked if they got "knocked out". OMG, I was laughing so hard. Here is the language barrier bridged.

#3 Last Halloween, young female college student is brought into the ER with the complaint of "I think I might have been drugged" (a more frequent complaint than you might realize). "What makes you think that?" I ask. "Well, I can't remember anything after getting to the party." "Do you think you were raped?" "Why, do I look like I was raped?" Me..."Ummmm maybe. Do you remember what happened to your clothes?" The girl lifts the covers and looks down at what she is wearing which is a bustier and a thong and goes "What do you mean what happened to my clothes? This is my Halloween costume." Jeez! And girl was wondering if she might have been drugged. Oh Lord save me, Halloween is next week!

Onto other noteworthy news...

Today is the day. Bo Bice's new album "See the Light" is out finally out. I've already listened to it online and I have to say Bo is definitely having a free reign in the songs and production of his sophomore album. Much harder "southern rock" and not a bit of "pop" to be found. May not appeal as much to the crossover audience. But hey, it's Bo!!!!

I do believe I will take this opportunity to say goodnight and Ciao!

  De ;)

Tags: Stressed, Funny ER stories, Dumbledore is Gay?, Bo Bice See The Light