its been a while

So it has been some time since I have last posted and I never wanted to leave this blog with out posts… So its time to catch up.

 

 

Things that have went by…

Feb 18th 2009 ENUFF ( my organization) turned  4 years old. It shocks me still to this day that is has been four years. I have so much I want to do this year and getting ready for the next year. But I need help with it all  

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I no longer work for One-stop cellular.

 

Things coming up… March 1st 2009 will mark the day that I have been with my boyfriend brandon for 3 years. YAY!!!!

 

Things have been so different since I have left one stop. I am able to sleep and spending more time with brandon and friends. Granted there is one friend that I do miss very much and I think she knows who she is *hint*hint*

 

But there is so much I want to plan and do and it just seems so hard and like there are not enuff hours in the day to do every thing I want. I guess its a sign that I just need to relax, slow down and do stuff one at a time.

Nursing home

I started my shift in the hole (D pod). It was yet again another dole boring night. Then I hear over the PA “Doctor needed to Major Bay 1″ so I thought to my self it must be a code blue or some thing, I check the tracking board and there is no PT in that room. So I leave and walk down the hall to MB 1 and I walk in to a room were the paramedic from the county was starting to give report while our staff starts to work on the PT I noticed there were no tech.’s in the room so I stay. I just right in the PT is from a nursing home and they are in resp. Distress and not doing so well.

While I start to help out the paramedic makes a foment ” every PT we bring to the ER from this nursing home is like this” and the only thing I could think to my self is how can a health care providor let some one end up that way.

We noticed he had a foley in and that the urine bag was all crusted and nasty, we have no idea how long the foley had been in. So I had to take it out ( this was my first time removing a foley ) I go ahead and get out a 10cc sur. And I start to draw back the fluid to deflate the ballon at the end of the foley. After doing so I start to pull the foley out ( and yea I am wearing gloves) when the foley got all of the way out the PT started to pee a lot but pee was not coming out, it was blood. There was a presty bad clot! As I knew I had to put a new foley in I thought to my self I hope I get to do a Texas cath because I felt bad for the PT but it was better for the PT to use the biggest foley that we could fit it took me around 15 mind before I could do the new foley because he was still bleeding and a lot more.

it made sick and hoped that I will never end up like that or any one in my famiy. As all over the US nursing homes are know for there horrible PT care and it just makes me sick to my stomach and how can places luke this nursing home remain up as it seems like this is not the first time some thing like this has happened. I just hope that if people do put family in nursing homes they keep a real good eye on there family and so some research on the the place before they admit there family.

So I would like to know…. In your area have heard or felt with bad nursing homes and have u felt with good ones and can you tell in a big differences in there PT care?

Happy thanksgiving! I have never in my life felt so left out, but I am thankful for my friends thanks guys

YAY!!!

Today I am one step closer to my dream:) I have proud of myself…. I did it on my own but I had a lot of support from people in class and friends

Thank u guys and congrads to everyone else