Tuesday February 7 2023

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 7, 2023

Good morning!

Joe, that's an odd dream.

Going to yoga here in a bit, afterwards will have lunch. It's going to be nice today sunny with a high of 78 so I'll go to the beach with BF for a bit. We're going to rent the movie "The Banshees of Inisherin" which has several Academy Award nominations.

Have a great day.

No Stars In My Eyes · Feb 7, 2023

I didn't want to get up and I didn't want to start my domestic day. I wasn't born to be a 'housewife', but here I am. Blah.

Last night hubby asked Nannie 5 times if it was time for her to go to bed, and five times she said "No." At which point that 5th "no" went up my spine, and I said, "Well, *I'm* going to bed." I picked up my stuff and went upstairs. It felt like I was being held hostage, in that I can't go to bed until she decides to go to bed. So I decided to let hubby and her deal with it. They didn't have an easy time of it, from the sounds of their tones of voice. He had to go downstairs two more times because he hadn't turned off the TV and lights, and then he had to go back down to take off her boots, and give her the night-time pill. I stayed in bed reading my latest paperback. (What a rebel, huh?)

Joe, When you check into that dream-mental hospital, I could also admit myself; we'd have fun chatting together (unless we didn't feel like chatting)! I could really use a therapeutic time-out!

It is sunny and 60-ish, with a light breeze.

Guess I'll stop now, hubby has come in from the Ford and he is wanting to talk about the news he heard on NPR. I may go out to get some more birdseed as the 'customers' out on the patio are gung-ho about eating and not much is leftover since yesterday afternoon's refill.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Feb 7, 2023

Guess who didn't check the weather forecast? After yesterday's beautiful day I went out without a coat and it was 45 degrees and "fixin' to" rain. Now there's "heavy rain" and the temp is dropping though not crazily.

Joe, I saw Jesus Christ Superstar at Beef 'n' Boards in Indianapolis back in the 80s? And I think I saw a local production when I was a child but remember nothing about that one. It is Andrew Lloyd Webber -- how can it be bad?

I had a nightmare the other morning and woke up frightened but I don't remember the details. I think I could hang out with y'all at the dream mental hospital and enjoy a time-out.

I remember doing that kind of training back when I helped out in the church nursery.

Hubs watched some Korean soap opera again and there was a storyline about a woman with dementia. He now feels affirmed in his choice to keep his mother at home because that's what the people in the TV show did. *sigh*.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Feb 7, 2023

I am going to scream. OCD coworker is obsessed with something that happened 4 years ago and I just can't engage with her compulsion. And the more anxious she gets, her voice gets higher and whiny-er. Ugh.
Today started gray and rainy and blustery. The sun is out now.
LOL, tweety, I went out to my car last night in my pjs and flip flops in the rain to retrieve my phone.

I think Phantom of the Opera is the only ALW I've seen on stage, but loved it all three times .
I hope to get home in time to see the state of the union. I hope hubby has taken care of dinner so I don't have to cook while I watch.

Editorial Team / Admin · Feb 8, 2023

Hello, late coming in here.

Hope the rest of your day was smooth. Hoping to see a review of the movie from you, Tweety! From reviews and a synopsis I read, I don't think I would enjoy it.

No Stars, hope you were able to read uninterrupted, and you have a good sleep.

In fact, hope you all have a good night!

I spent 8 hr at the emergency vet, mainly sitting. Our Manx cat appeared to be in great pain from his right hind leg, not wanting to put weight on it. So I took him in. It's like any ER: wait wait wait wait. They wanted to do Xrays but having seen him move a little better after they gave him a painkiller (prior to doing the Xrays), I declined the Xrays (and extra cost), and just opted for conservative management. They gave a long-acting antiinflammatory and pain meds, and gave us to give to him for the next few days. I don't know what I was expecting, but I felt somehow disappointed in, not the care itself (they 'did' all the expected things in this situation) but in how they are organized to give care required. I didn't feel there was enough communication. Yes, the doctor came in to tell me what she found. But she told me her findings and observations, which were VERY different from when he was at home. And I had to tell her (besides on the intake sheet I filled out) how different he presented at home. This is something I feel she should have elicited from me. I was in Nurse Mode, so filled her in. Anyway, it's done and he is home and doing much better, and he (and I!!) got to eat and pee. ? ?

Gonna go relax, I'm tired of waiting.

Have a good evening!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 8, 2023

Dianah, I hope the cat will be okay. I agree that the vet should have talked about how he presented at home.

Eight hours is a long wait. Last time I was at the emergency vet is was after 11pm and I was the only one there. I mostly waited on x-rays to be read off-site. I've been to the emergency vet a couple of times and it's almost always late at night. Once was during the day when my late Ellie had a GI bleed, but basically my vet called ahead for me to get her a blood transfusion and I had to drop her off and she spent the night. She lived quite a while after that and it never recurred. Her final night was a midnight visit.

J22, not sure I could handle that co-worker. I work with someone that is a worrier and I told her "you are one of the most worrisome nurses I've ever worked with". Last time we worked together and I was in charge "the doctor knows her heart rate has been in the 120's all day and it's now 120, should I call her?".