Feel-Good Moment

How scary is it to be admitted to a hospital? I don’t know. Knock on wood, I’ve never been.
I had a patient who had to go to surgery for a cyst and is pregnant. Terrified she was- and with good reason!
I was talking with my schoolmate about babies today and was reminded of her.
She had [...]

Tain’t Cheap.

What’s not cheap? Being an “adult”. Being in nursing school. Owning a home. Having a family. Not having a trust fund back east.
Being an adult in nursing school with a home and a family and no trust fund back east really takes the cake though. (Although medical bills, emergencies, car troubles, etc etc would make [...]

Second Semester Has Begun.

I got my wedding photos in the mail yesterday. They’re great! I’ll post some up either here or on Facebook.
School has started again and my mind is whirling.
Tomorrow starts the 3rd week. In the first two weeks I have been successfully scared shitless, nominated for Class President, attended several orientations, gone to 2 skills labs, [...]

My Faith in Humanity…

Today I’m finally going to deviate away from politics and talk about something real. Something that really matters. Not that my general dislike for Palin doesn’t matter, but this is real talk right here. I’m sharing something that was an amazing act that touched my soul to very core.
Update in the PICU- my 2 year [...]

A long day

We lost two of our kids today in the PICU. One was only seven months and the other was a mere three weeks.
I didn’t know the latter too well, but the former- I loved him. He was the sweetest baby with the softest hair. I loved going in and letting him hold my fingers and [...]

9AM

So I am sitting at my desk in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Today is going to be a busy day I can tell with at least 3 kids transferring out and four coming in. And my co-worker is not in the best of spirits today. Whatever the reason, it caused her to be a [...]