Thursday April 7 2022

Just Julie · Apr 7, 2022

Good morning. Stress cleaning is continuing but not at such a frantic pace. Facility education is complete so I can work tomorrow. Still nervous about that, but at least I am working. So thankful for that.

Next up is prepping the van for the trip. It's a long drive and she needs a little TLC. Gear needs stowed and I still need to make (hopefully) campground reservations. Hate to pay the exorbitant hotel prices, especially when I love to be outdoors when I can.

After that going take more stuff to the thrift store.

Thunderstorms and tornado watches are finally over. Looks like it's going to be a lovely day.

Hope you all have good days too.

No Stars In My Eyes · Apr 7, 2022

Good Afternoon~

I went outside at midnight last night, to sit on the front porch and say my prayers. The air was absolutely dead still; NOTHING moving at all. I wondered if it was the calm before the storm, but after watching for another 10 minutes or so and nothing happening, I went up to bed to do my bedtime reading. I think I turned out the light around 1:20 AM.

Usually I wake up mid-morning and go down to the den w/ Nannie's breakfast yogurt and AM meds, but today I didn't even wake up until 12:45 PM! Oh well!. Hubby said he got up at noon and gave her her breakfast, and she ate her lunch around 2 PM. It is now 3 PM and I still feel a tad groggy.

It is in the upper 60's right now, there are heavy, steel-gray lurking in the sky, but the sun has broken through for a little bit. Like I said yesterday, the varied weather folks change their forecasts so often, it is hard to keep up!

Tonight at 8 PM, the first Braves game will be played. It'll be weird not to see the first base covered by Freddie Freeman. He's with the Dodgers now. Bet it feels weird to him not to be in a Braves uniform anymore. I thought he would be a "lifetime Brave", like Chipper Jones was, but apparently it is not to be so. What a shame.

Julie, where is it you are heading to go camping in the van?

Joe, nice of you to fill in for the absent bell ringer(s?) I know you said it was too much with both choir and bell ringing.

I think I will have a piece of seeded rye toast and smear avocado on it. I hate to buy an avocado and then forget to eat it!

Later, folks!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Apr 7, 2022

Hullo. I got up early to go see the athletic trainer/massage therapist about my leg. He did put a lot of pressure on my R buttock to work out the tight spots, and then used a Grafton tool (I call it the paint scraper) on my hamstrings.And he showed a way to work on knots on my SI joint. I'm starting to get discouraged, but I made one more appointment. Then I took my car over to get the windshield replaced. I let a rock chip get too big and had to replace the whole thing. Dh went to get a root canal this morning and hasn't come back yet. I'm going for a bike ride. If he needs a lift home, youngest ds said he will go get him.

Weather is mostly sunny, it may get to 60! I have laundry in the washer, and have already scrubbed a toilet. I wish I had the energy for stress cleaning mode.

Good for you Joe, for helping the bell choir.

Opening day for the Mariners has been postponed, due to possible bad weather in Minnesota. I'm not sure I can even name any current players, and I used to be a big fan.

good day

amoLucia · Apr 7, 2022

stars - Nannie should be glad for the new season.

Julie - whereabouts are you from? I think I remember Ado Annie saying Oklahoma for her..

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Apr 7, 2022

Good afternoon, all!

Tweety -- hooray for Costa Rica! Sounds like a great vacation

dianah -- sorry about your friend. I'd say he had a full life.

Stars-- yes, especially given that Nannie endorses the (surprising) therapeutic benefits of the vaccine, it makes sense to stay with the J&J. I know just what you mean about finding yourself being careful about opening the cookies because of Ozzie, then remembering. ? Sounds like progress on the wood cleanup.

Julie, I'm so relieved for you. Glad you can move on without that weight on your shoulders.

It's sunny with a few clouds, cool, breezy here today. I drove to "the city" for some training. Feeling a little sleepy. Didn't sleep well last night due to allergies that attacked just as I went to bed. Then drove home in the sunshine. That's enough to make anyone sleepy.

Last night we had the dress rehearsal for Sunday's performance and *wow*. I think it's going to be really good.

Have an appointment to give blood here in a little bit.

amoLucia · Apr 7, 2022

Ado Annie - Thank you for your contribution as a blood donor.

Two years ago, I emergently needed 2 stat units PRBC. I hemorrhaged r/t uterine bleed out. So I am extremely grateful to those 2 anonymous donors who 'gave the gift of life' not knowing I'd be the recipient. I thank them!

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Apr 8, 2022

amo, absolutely. ❤

I received 2 units back in 1994. Had trouble stopping the bleeding after my C-section and was sent home on day 4 with a Hgb of 5.1 (up from 3.5). With 2 newborns that I was breastfeeding. Home health nurse drew labs on day 7 and Hgb was just 5.2. And I was still bleeding quite a bit. I think the OB would still have preferred not to transfuse but I felt so much better after those 2 units. And the bleeding stopped. I can't say I would have died without the transfusion but it sure made it easier to take care of the babies. I remember one night just sitting on the toilet and crying because I felt so bad. I had a slight fever, was soaked in sweat and breastmilk, and was a bloody mess and so fatigued. Sorry if I just overshared! Even remembering all of that, my boys have been my greatest blessing, and I was thrilled to have them.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 8, 2022

Good afternoon!

I've always wanted to be a blood donor but was banned for years and now have to not have sex for 12 months. I am in a dry spell but doubtful that will happen. LOL

I got up at 4:00AM today and was done sleeping. Very tired now. Work was the usual 6:1 hell, but I did have my new grad who went up to taking three patients. I took three patients and discharged all three, looked after hers, helped my coworker, and took two ER admits. Remind me again why I want to do med surg for five more years?

Hope everyone has a nice evening and day tomorrow.

amoLucia · Apr 8, 2022

I know that swoozy feeling sitting on the toilet and the bloody mess. All I could manage was to push my Medicc Alert 911 necklace.

When I was back from OR, my nurses were hanging my #2 unit . Told me my hgb was 7.1 after unit #1. Even now, it never gets much above 9.1 or 9.2 or so. I was irradiated across my pelvis, so I don't know how much that affected my hemopoesis bone marrow function. (Speaking of, I have labs sched for tomorrow.)

I used to donate - now I want to hold on to every last drop for my greedy self. I just don't robustly regenerate - I kinda just maintain. The fatigue is my biggest complaint.