The night nurse.

For some reason, Jessica and I started this blog, and then, I forgot to ever post anything here. Oops.

Life really hasn't slowed down much for us, but it's busy in better ways. Dan and I moved in July to La Habra to an apartment we love. It's nicer than our last one but still furnished with hand-me-downs and Saver's treasurers. There is one great new addition, though...Toulouse (from the Aristocats)! While everyone else got engaged/married, had babies or got puppies, we picked up a very silly grey cat who is at this moment attacking my toes. He is stealthy and adorable and hilarious. He also keeps Dan company while I'm at work.



I'm working at PIH on the observation unit, while I wait for a position to open up on the oncology unit across the hall (I'm next on the list!). It's one of the busiest units at the hospital aside from the ER. We do admits and discharges all day long. Seriously. During one shift, I had 6 different patients: started with 3, admitted 1, discharged 2, admitted 2, and discharged another before I went home. Good grief. Patients are generally stable (too sick to go home, not sick enough to be admitted), but we have a few who surprise everybody and code. Lots of code greys, too. Good thing I'm tall and muscular to handle all those violent patients. Luckily, I switched to working nights last week, and I LOVE IT! My sleeping will probably be messed up forever, but I like the flow of nights. It's not as hectic as days, but it's often crazy. My least favorite part: calling docs for orders in the middle of the night. Even if they write an order saying, "Call admitting MD when med rec finished" they don't mean it. Ever.
For now, I have to agree with Tab: work feels like getting paid for clinicals. Oh, and with more responsibility.

One last thing, Dan's surgery has been cancelled because his liver has decided it's done regenerating for a while. He'll be having radio-frequency ablation (microwave on a stick, as the radiologist puts it). It will hopefully only be a 1-2 night hospital stay, as opposed to a month. God-willing.

I miss our class. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're finished. But, I really do miss you guys.