mixture

today has been a mixture of good and bad, of success and failures

failure: started out today with a really sick guy
and the iv infiltrated on me just as we were pulling into hte ER
so i had to go into the ER, with no line in this guy

good: to stop with centrals crew for brunch
it was a nice time
thanks for the invite

bad: 2nd call, confusing
she wouldnt give me a straight answer
and i couldnt figure out if her prob had resolved or not

good: worked on charts for awhile, 2 done almost
left me with 1 plus
bad: and the pager goes again, almost 6 pm

bad: hispanic lady, no english at all
traumatic injury
success:sustained while doing a very heroic act
success: found a translator in the crowd, and she did wonders

failure: but once again
i took a pt into the ER with no line
twice in one day is unacceptable, and i was beating myself up abt it

bad: and the hosp medic comes in with a truly ill pt
and they go to 3
i step in to see if i could help a bit
bad: and realize its an elderly lady who i know
she has several other ties to me as well
and she says" what are you doing here, bets?"
in hte middle of complaining of the pain due to the external pacer
and utter anxiety
success: and so i walk up to her head
and that becomes my spot
i tell her whats happening, i keep her focus on me
and encourage her while she is getting a temporary pacemaker inserted
good: i watch her bp rise from nothing to quite acceptable
and then bring her family in
adn i slip out
bad: am now really late, its after 7
and i've kept central's crew waiting for at least half an hr while i was with her
good: comm center tells me my truck is at the station

head back to central with central's crew
good: and before i leave, i'm offered supper, t cooked
oh pity, its almost 8, i wanted to go home, but i'm hungry, havent eaten since 11
so, i had lasagna, salad and cheesy garlic bread
very good
thanks again, t and m
it was very good

bad: realize my gas is low
and ponder waiting till morning to gas up
and decide, no, i wont get up early enough in hte am,
and might run out of gas on my way to jco
which would be a bad thing
good: so i stop at the minit mart in town and fill up
and out comes s
are you just now getting home, justme?
yeah
good: we stood in the parking lot and talked for 15 min
it was sorta like old times
standing behind the station, talking abt current events
back then, it was station stuff
now its ER stuff
bad: and he tells me that my friend started dropping her bp again

success: i'm glad i could be there, earlier this evening