INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
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it's raining!
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Just flying through to tell you that I found my gold earring. It wasn't in the rubbish as I thought and so I presumed it was gone but I have just found it in my make up drawer. I had spilt some blusher and decided to clean out the drawer and there it was covered in blusher. Now I am covered in blusher. Happy little owl I am.
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YYAAYYY Ally that mystery is solved with blush. I knew u'd find it sooner or later.
Who said snow, it won't snow, it's too late in the season right? I hope. But rain is needed u a lot of areas, this is all off balance this year again. Like us.
U guys are great to talk to when I go on and on about nothing that u already know.
Blessings good pic.
Teka BTW u have always understood my crazy thinking from the beginning Thank you for that.
Smmarty I'm so glad u'r MIL is all settled now u have to be exhausted mentally too--I hope u get some fun or relaxation over the weekend and of course I forgot how far does u'r MIL live from u now? It's good that she's there for her sake and yours too.
Well I have a load of clothes that are washing now, cuz I'm going to my DD!'s home later today overnight with my Joey of course so I'll be home tomorrow and then my kids here have a party to go to, I'm not going tho. So that's fine with me.
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Aly, glad your earring appeared.
Cami, you're doing laundry already? Too early for me
Have spent the last 5 hours repairing DD's lifeguard swim suit. She never mentioned that almost all the binding was coming off, I'm afraid if she sneezed, there wouldn't be anything left to hold it up! It's pouring and windy outside (so unlike So Cal), nice listening to the wind chimes. Ok, gotta get some sleep, planning to meet some BCO sistahs for lunch.
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Morning all my lovelies!
Cammi! First off, we must never apologize for anything on here... unless we wind up in the dog-house, like me and Lil-shit, but we just don't pay no attention... You didn't ramble! If anyone rambles, it is, well NO-one here! We just talk about things that bother us, because who else can we TALK to?
But no, don't go gettin' one of Joey's squirt guns, and blastin' those Doc's... Oh wait! You could DO that! Ha, ha! They would look at you and say... "it's just Cammi" and go on with what they were doing!
Yes, you are still here... and we have to KEEP you here forever...
I'm just impressed you spelled apologize right!
TANG!!! Dang girl! Thrush??? Is that when you feel like your whole mouth is growing sand? And your throat? Ah man! I did that once... From SOMEthing! I think it was antibiotics! Because I KNOW I wasn't at the beach! Can you eat Yogurt? And drink Aloe-Vera juice? That would help you... Just don't look in your mouth... It will scare the begeezus out of you!
Lilshit! I think the hand in the pants thing had to do with keeping your hands in one place? How the hell do I know? It isn't any different than any guy sitting on the couch, watching TV, like Al Bundy, and sticking his hands in his pants... I mean ONE hand...! The other hand has the remote!
I know when they did my back surgery, I went to sleep laying down, but then a nurse said they turned me over, and slid me down the table, and had me kneeling down, on a shelf? And I was across the table? So he could do the surgery like THAT??? Good Lord, no telling WHAT goes on when we are asleep!!! And I was asleep, so I missed it!
And who's Peaches? She must be your Sister Tang? No tellin' WHAT Ziggy is talking about anymore!
CAMMI!!! Again! NOoooooo... I didn't have the crotchless panties by this time! I had the edible ones on. Come to think about it, that would have WORKED, right? Am I going to get in trouble AGAIN????
Morning Smarty! Glad you got the deed done... It's just hard on all of you, especially her...
I know with me, it's hard to hear stuff... and when your back is turned, forget it! I mean I can hear things, but if I don't like what I am hearing, I can pretend I don't... and walk away... Ha! THEN that really p-ss's them off, and they yell!
Blessings... great picture! Ha, ha! When we went gambling, I took my cane... along with 5 thousand OTHER old people!
But MAN, I am so afraid of escalators now! I think they sped them up, since we were there last! I just stood there, staring, and whining, and crying, until finally someone pushed me ahead! I held onto that moving railing for dear life! I will go UP an escalator, but not down... Maybe I should go down backwards? And it would seem like UP?... whatever....
Teka, "Morning!" Can you maybe use a mustard plaster? I mean whenever I was sick, I used to get one of those things on my chest! Or even Ben Gay, under a T-shirt? But the heating pad is good... Maybe you should go see what that is about? It's shouldn't hurt...
I know! Snow this week-end!
So Okay WREN!!! I just KNEW there was an explanation for the hands in the pants thing! Ha, ha! Figures! Yes, makes sense! They even tie our hands? See! I TOLD you guys! We just don't KNOW what is all going ON!
2nd! Wish it would rain here... I just love the rain! And Aly, Glad you found that ear-ring!
Cammi! Have fun today with the fam! Joey will take care of you! So WHO'S feeding Katy-kat? Do I have to watch her TOO?
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Hands in the pants!
Oh hey HI 2nd! Yes, you are getting the rain, and we are expecting snow tomorrow! Now I have to move around my 4 huge tomato pots! I cover them with black plastic pots every night, but snow? And COLD???
Have fun today!
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O 2mnd I like u'r plans for today, sounds like fun to me. Yea I'm doing laundry but I'm using my spurt of energy now--Later I will go back to being useless. Where BTW I'm most comfortable
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Cami you were right in your description-- the OR is like M.A.S.H. the old Korea army show with Alan Alda. I learned as a young new OR nurse in the 70's. At first, I was offended by the jokes which weren't about the patients BTW. But I soon learned that when the jokes or talk of ball games stopped, I'd be looking for trouble. The change in talk meant that something had changed and the doc was getting into something i.e simple as releasing some internal scar tissue or could be a bleed. But rest assured their full concentration was always on what they were doing.
When I scrubbed my goal was to have the instruments needed in the hands of the doc before he asked. That meant I had to know exactly what he was going to do. Some docs knew this was my goal. When we could go through almost an entire surgery without him asking for an instrument, it was very cool. That was exhilerating.
Some docs would still say what the instruments were even though they were already in there hands b/c the residents had to know what the doc was using.
I worked at a teaching hospital, so, much of the talk was about anatomy and the doc teaching about the "w's" What , when where why of how they were doing things.
Cami when you say I know stuff, I had the longest "Residency". Four years in surgery was like taking a 4 year anatomy class. Same with all the other specialties recovery ER, ICU etc. Something as simple as the Peri bottle I learned while working postpartum so much while in nursing school.
Wren your assessment of the pants is likely correct. I can add that it may also allow the arms to fall where the doc wanted them to allow the foobs/ boobs to fall naturally and not out to the sides. i.e. natural way for the shoulders to relax too versus as you say the arms falling down which would pull the shoulder down unnaturally which could affect how the foobs/ boobs looked.
The reason your arms were strapped or tucked before you were asleep IS the arms have to be placed just right to assure they aren't laying on nerves, and fingers aren't crimped. If this isn't done correctly, it can cause injury to them. Body and arm position is the responsibility of the whole team, again to assure the patient isn't injured.
The circulating nurse has the final responsible for positioning. I /we took it VERY seriously. In some cases, particularly, complicated positioning, i.e.brain, back, neck, hip, the physician does the positioning with help.
Anesthesia was responsible for the positioning of the arm with the I V
Padding is placed at all points that may be at risk for pressure areas i.e. back of head, elbows, heels.
All were responsible to speak up if they thought that something needed repositioning for saftey. It was teamwork at it's best.
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Morning Sass! You know so much STUFF! And it all makes sense! See, LilShit was commenting on my comment, which I was commenting about that guy and his surgery! It was just a funny visual! But glad you talked to us about it!
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Sas I love u'r stories and by the silly talk in surgery to me that meant it was going well so I was fine thinking that, when u knw everything is under control they can relax more and the way I understood it my surgeon picked his team for the mot part cuz he would tell me in so many words that he always wanted the ones he could work with the best and since he was a top surgeon I felt like he meant it. So I wasn't insulting him I always liked to rib the hell out of him.
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Chevy that's so me. Good Morning Miss Sunshine--I hope u have a good day and may just try stying off u'r feel--I know u can do plenty off u'r feet--we all know.
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Went and had a meter read yesterday. Experimented. Took, laptop, toothbrush(third brush, first two had been pitched), peri bottle, glove box, remote to bed, remote to TV , telephone base disconnected from phone, kindle, purse, med box that was setup for first three days with intent of pitching it, standard med box, mouse separate. All were bagged separately. I read a book in the first 24hrs , a paperback. Wish I had had that, but i pitched it as soon as I was done reading it.
The TV remote was the only thing higher then the others. Since it was used last and covered with a baggy. We think it must be a component in the unit. So, may follow up on that.
Was going to have doc do each body part. But he said he couldn't b/c it still would pick up from my neck. He did relent and do my bladder and butt. Neck a 10, Bladder an eight.
Only figured out how to separate things this morning. I could have asked for a thyroid shield from the xray department. He's never had anyone do this before. Would have loved to be able to each body part. Particularly, hands. second to the bladder. Hands b/c of initial contamination before I started to use gloves. Bladder b/c it's the primary route for getting rid of the radioactive material. It's the most concentrated area secondary to the neck.
In regard to the bladder, it indicates that continued water drinking to get it to flush frequently is indicated---peeing. So bathroom ritual will continue. And drinking fluids.
Almost fired him though. Nurse didn't document initial weight, then lied, then documented the lie. Called her on it. Monday will talk with RO. My error was talking to her direct, I should have talked with RO as her supervisor, and let him handle it. To threatening to have me talk direct. It's a standard supervision thing. I let my being pissed get in the way.
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Chevy aw thanks
Cami, absolutely right RE; Being a member of the TOP DOGs team.. The coolest thing, was when an OR member was having surgery on themselves or a family member, and they asked for particular people to be assigned. That was considered a great honor.
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Cami, there were 5 PS's that worked in the OR where I worked. They all thought they were TOP DOGs. I did get thrown out by one PS. He brought his nephew to work one day. He wasn't a medical student of anything. I was assigned to set up a second room for the PS, so, he could move from last to next case faster. This nephew walks into the room and I find out who he was. He'd been with his Uncle PS all day. I objected to him being in the room, refused to have him there b/c he was not an employee, had no medical reason to be there, it was a breach of patient privacy. This was almost three decades before Hippa
Patients were informed by the written consent that students may be in the room. But these were medical and nursing students. They never held instruments, or were at the table. They were allowed to scrub and glove, but that was really only done to keep them clean, and immobile. They were put on a standing stool so they could see what was happening.
There was a trouble on this one b/c PS was allowing Nephew to hold retractors and whatelse, I don't know b/c I hadn't been in the other room. BUT NOT IN MY ROOM. The circulator RAN the room. We even told the docs what to do to a point. OR manager, then director were called, PS was pitching a fit. The Director disallowed the nephew from being there. The PS asked( yelled more like it) for a new circulator. I was relieved by another nurse.. He refused to have me circulate for him for almost a year. LOL.
They rewrote the policy to assure this didn't happen again.
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Retrospectively, I missed the OR the most over four decades. The teamwork of that area is the highest. No other area could compare. I did try to developed those concepts in the paramedics.
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Okay, but what if they get somebody like Chevy who wears those little thong things that could only fit a pinkie. Or what if the person's going commando or their elastic's all stretched out? Then what? And really I still don't see how underwear is strong enough to hold your hands in place.
~ Lilshit
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Good morning girls! One day of testing down, two more to go. It is hard to walk or sit with everyone crowded in my pockets, but that's the way I like it.
Cammi, you never ramble. Or if you do I don't mind at all or even notice. Now Chevy, that girl can go on and on talking about hands in edible underwear and such and embarrassing me. It's bad enough to see the al bundy picture and know I must have looked like that. And I also got a bruise on my nose, so I can only imagine what fun they had putting my face in god knows what places! Maybe balancing beer bottles on my nose while hands were in underwear.
Sas, I was a veterinary nurse in my former life and veterinary nurses have to do everything from surgery, radiology, anesthesia, etc. sometimes all at the same time! It can be an adrenaline rush. And I was just as protective and caring about my animal patients as if they were humans. Because my animals are family and I'd want the same care for them. What I didn't like was that money talks. Animals that were owned by rich clients or racehorses that came with dollar signs. When I worked at a famous large animal hospital, my own life was valued far less. If you got kicked by a multimillion dollar racehorse, they'd run over to make sure his hoof was ok! It was so stressful in the OR and anesthesia. I had to calculate anesthetic dosages for 1500 lb horses, (which was triple scrutinized) stand and hold a bazillion dollar horse and make sure he fell properly in a padded room while trying not to get crushed, strap him up and using a hoist move him to the OR, and then incubate and monitor anesthesia all while the owner, trainer, and insurance agent looked over your shoulder. Of course there was a whole team of people working together, but you just knew one false move or simple mistake would be your head.
Now this is rambling at its finest!
Thinking back on my scary racehorse days makes ledge dancing with the zigster a piece of cake!
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Good Morning! I like it here. I scramble to read the ramble so please don't stop or apologize for it .
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OK I'm putting my ugly pic. here cuz no one has really seen me and then u'll understand why--and remember I'm 69 with a lot of crazy hard years behind me. LO
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Ahhh. Cami, you are beautiful ! Thanks...I will get DD to teach me how to take photos off DH laptop & transfer them to the IPAD...
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Hole of course u'r going to say that but what is beautiful is the scarf I have on is made by Chevy, Love the color
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Cami you are beautiful and exotic. The scarf is pretty too.
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I do like the scarf and the beautiful lady wearing it. You look like just like your words ... gentle, kind, loving, and playful. Thank you for being you.
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hi all, I'm hopelessly behind so just jumping in. LOVE the pic Cammi and Sassy glad you're OK. Here's a song for you by one of my favorite songwriters Steve Goodman, "Watching Joey Glow".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpfkDEBno1M
Love & Hugs & Prayers to all! ♥
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OMG Cammi you are GORGEOUS. Hubba bubba, baby.
I had to come looking for you, Chevy and Sassy, again, miss you little critters.
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Oh Shell u silly.nWe're here most of the day and at night when we can't sleep, which can be often on and off. How the hell are u.?
Badger I'm glad u stopped in hope everything is OK.
Sas how are u doing? Are u almost done? To me, doing all of that would take every ounce of mental strength out of me reading constantly all the things to do, and I'd still screw up. And on top of it u find better ways---it wouldn't even dawn on me.
Question, a simple one--what does it mean to have a HIGH white count.? Told u it was simple I think it means u'r body is fighting an infection, but then again I think a fever means that too. My answer to most things. LOL
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cami, you are beautiful! And you have that special playful glint in your eye that means you know something we don't. I always wondered what your profile pic is of. Can't quite see it. One time I even asked my husband if he could see it better and he said "no. But I bet it's something illegal" ha ha... Cam-illegal
The scarf is really pretty. Nice job Chevy!
Badger, funny song!
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Cami, you look exactly how I pictured you! A sweet kind lady! Love the scarf.
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