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having two bebes in two years is HARD. seriously. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. also, not having a fully functioning laptop kills your blogging career, but mostly it was the two bebes in two years thing. anyways, i'm back. did i miss anything?
i have missed blogging. i have a lot of catching up to do. i have really missed grumpy, nurse k, head nurse, new nurse in the hood, and scores of others. i have missed having a creative outlet to unwind and spew my emotions about nursing. hopefully i really am back.
where do i begin again? who am i now?
i guess i am a more experienced nurse. three years in an icu will do that to you, i guess. there is very little that comes my way now that i don't have an answer for, and when i do get something new, i relish it as a treat and an opportunity to learn something new.
just the other day i had a patient had a strain of H1N1. no big deal, right? yeah, except it was summer. and it was a strain from 2010. what?!?!?! seriously. and she was young. 40's right, not in the greatest of health, a few comorbidities, but nothing that would make me think, yeah, this one's a goner. so, of course, i took care of the patient for a coupla days, on BiPAP, without precautions. always seems to happen, right? then, oh yeah, H1N1 guys, make you sure you do precautions. thanks. gal keeps getting worse, buys a tube, and eventually a rotoprone bed. some serious Star Trekian stuff. no dice, dead with a week. weird. never saw that coming.