It's already 11 pm here & I need to get to bed but I wanted to at least do a short blog entry & I can perhaps get caught up tomorrow on some generic stuff :)
My roommate Cathy & I carried out our secret mission this morning with Maria & Samuel's families. we had to be discreet as there are 4 families sharing a room in very small quarters but we were successful!!! Cathy said Samuel's parents came to find her afterwards & asked where I was & she said back in recovery & they were so grateful....such small help makes such an immense difference here.
Going to pre/post op was just as fun today as yesterday & I met the 1st four patients for today. Surgeries started at 8:05 & the first patient came to us at 9:45 & it was Ashlie who I had met this morning & took a photo of her & her mom just resting on a bed :) She came back a little bit wild & unstable & ended up staying with me for almost 3 hours - YIKES!!! Her mom was super cute & very nice & gracious
This seems to set the precedence for the day for me...we have 4 beds in PACU so each of us take one & then rotate to the 4th as needed. Today I seemed to have the "extended stay bed" because 3 of my patients in that bed were each there about 3 hours for any number of problems....first Ashlie then Elian who was a bleeder & lost a fair amount of blood so we did IV fluid replacement & he had a dresseing sutured to the top of his mouth for packing overnight & I watched him closely for 3 hours, then Jordan who ended up with a complicated 4 hour surgery to repair a fistula opening, a palate & his nose so he could breathe better - which he wasn't doing well when he came to me...he was the last patients I took to post op at 8;30 pm.. Seriously I am not taking that bed tomorrow...I couldn't catch a break. But the day overall was pretty calm & steady without too much chaos other than when each of my extended stay patients arrived unstable.
In the morning there were lots of little ones & I gave away many dolls & clothes. So I appreciated the steady pace of the day & we even had maybe a 20 min period with no patients about 5 pm & YES I did put my head on a bed & fall asleep! By this end of day #3 of surgeries & day #7 of travel I am a little tired! And I made today a 2 Diet Coke day but that didn't seem to give me any extra energy. I will fill-in the other details of today tomorrow cause I am tired & need more than 5 or 6 hours of sleep. If I go to be now I might get 6 1/2.
My roommate Cathy & I carried out our secret mission this morning with Maria & Samuel's families. we had to be discreet as there are 4 families sharing a room in very small quarters but we were successful!!! Cathy said Samuel's parents came to find her afterwards & asked where I was & she said back in recovery & they were so grateful....such small help makes such an immense difference here.
Going to pre/post op was just as fun today as yesterday & I met the 1st four patients for today. Surgeries started at 8:05 & the first patient came to us at 9:45 & it was Ashlie who I had met this morning & took a photo of her & her mom just resting on a bed :) She came back a little bit wild & unstable & ended up staying with me for almost 3 hours - YIKES!!! Her mom was super cute & very nice & gracious
This seems to set the precedence for the day for me...we have 4 beds in PACU so each of us take one & then rotate to the 4th as needed. Today I seemed to have the "extended stay bed" because 3 of my patients in that bed were each there about 3 hours for any number of problems....first Ashlie then Elian who was a bleeder & lost a fair amount of blood so we did IV fluid replacement & he had a dresseing sutured to the top of his mouth for packing overnight & I watched him closely for 3 hours, then Jordan who ended up with a complicated 4 hour surgery to repair a fistula opening, a palate & his nose so he could breathe better - which he wasn't doing well when he came to me...he was the last patients I took to post op at 8;30 pm.. Seriously I am not taking that bed tomorrow...I couldn't catch a break. But the day overall was pretty calm & steady without too much chaos other than when each of my extended stay patients arrived unstable.
In the morning there were lots of little ones & I gave away many dolls & clothes. So I appreciated the steady pace of the day & we even had maybe a 20 min period with no patients about 5 pm & YES I did put my head on a bed & fall asleep! By this end of day #3 of surgeries & day #7 of travel I am a little tired! And I made today a 2 Diet Coke day but that didn't seem to give me any extra energy. I will fill-in the other details of today tomorrow cause I am tired & need more than 5 or 6 hours of sleep. If I go to be now I might get 6 1/2.
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