In the right place: In the Wrong time

*not actual photo
So my family and I were eating at an ice cream outside the ice cream place. While we were eating at the picnic tables an employee from the ice-cream place pulled out into traffic and was rear-ended. Send both cars to ricochet off each other and across on coming traffic. Luckily there was a retired EMT eating in his truck and he saw the commotion to. I checked on the female in one car while he checked on the male in the other car. The one that I check on was in shock but was not hurt. Other than her crying and checking out her car. Found out later she was in a wreck earlier that week too. She couldn’t have been more than 18. Anyway while I was checking on her the guy from the other car was yelling bloody murder. So after assessing and determining that she would live, I ran over to check on the guy. It sounded like the EMT needed help. He was bleeding from his head and his wrist was definitely broke. It wasn’t angled normal anymore. He was screaming at the EMT to do something about the bleeding before he died. Course the EMT told him no offence but I don’t know you or your blood. So I told him to keep his hand there for pressure. I would be right back.
I went back to the ice-cream joint and got their “first aid kit” . Why is that in quotes? Because it was a joke of a kit. I open it at the accident site to find 2x2 to stop the bleeding. It would have to do for the moment. I put on the gloves and then while the EMT was hold his wrist in place I put one on the other hand for him. I told the male to move his had and I replaced it with fluffed up 2x2 and then reapply pressure. The boss from the ice-cream place followed me. She asked what she could do. Since 911 was already called I asked her to find me something bigger than the 2x2 that were in this box. She did and I just placed those over top of the 2x2 that were on the guys head. I asked the EMT would he like the ice bag for the wrist since he was using his hand to help immobilize his injury. He ask me why? Omg. Without a beat I replied to help with that swelling that was happening to the guys wrist.. Oh that might be a good idea….good grief ya think? ICE BAG was a joke by the way because it was almost the size of the 2 x2 dressings. SHEESH. who makes these first aid kits the smurfs?
Next the cops show up and tell us that the ambulance will be here shortly. The EMT asked who they called. Apparently the crew from a town up. WTH? Considering there were 2 crews in this town. It was forever before they showed up. In fact the tow truck had removed the girls car already. 10 mins after that the ambulance arrived and right behind them was the 2nd tow truck. How sad is that? Well that would have really sucked if we had to do CPR that entire time. Even the EMT guy had to agree on that.

Bullies and Bullshit part 2

After 2 days of playing phone tag with school board they finally called me back. They are going to approve their transfer because I work closer to that school than their old school. Has nothing to do with the bullies or the bullshit. But at this point I am just happy the kids will be the hell out of that school. So starting aug 17th they get their new school and seem to be happy about it. Now that makes my life a little less stressful.

Congrats you get the Giant douche award

Okay so my husband has been an ass lately. But the last 2 weeks has earned him the giant douche award. We have been married 10 yrs. now and he has never been a jealous man. Or at least he never has acted like a jealous ass. But the ugly green eyed monster appeared . I was invited to a pool party by some female coworkers but because there might be a few males their he went bezerk. So much as I don’t want you to parade around in your bikini in front of them. Um what the hell. I look like a whale in it anyway. Plus did I mention he was invited to go? And the guy he is jealous of I swear he is gay plus he is 21 …um ewwww. He just didn’t want to go because he had to work the next day. WTH! So okay it was the first time I had really had a bikini since I lost some weight. In fact I bought it for our beach trip. So I gave him the benefit of the doubt and let it slide. Till today…when he actually got upset over a Facebook status! The night nurses went out for breakfast together. Me being the fb addict that I am posted my location from using the places tag on my phone. Tagged my coworker. Yea well 2 of them were men and he had to point out that it appeared bad to other? what others? And when have I ever given a flippy f@@k? OH! You mean YOUR nosey family my old jealous douche. Don’t worry I block them from seeing my location anyway. Oh and I notice that one of my coworker (male) untagged himself from the restaurant location. Guess his wife is a jealous green eye douche too.
***note to Giant Douche: I really don’t want another man. In fact if things go sour I plan to live single for the rest of my life.

Woofstock: 2011

Spending the Weekend out with the dogs is great fun for friends, family and of course the dogs. There are plenty of activities for the dogs and their masters. There was the dock dog competition, which is where the dogs run and jump into water and are measured how far they jump. It was a great for the dogs on this hot day. They also had sheep herding demonstrations. I think the kids liked that the most. There were tents set ups for dog products and services. Dog sitter services, grave site markers, tee-shirts and treats of all kinds. Not to mention horse painting where you can actually finger paint on a horse. The there was plenty of food to eat for the humans…lol The best for me was that I was able to get my schnauzer microchiped for 20 bucks just in case he ever gets lost. This usually is 30-40 bucks. It is a microchip they place under the skin that can be detected at vets and animal shelters. That way they can get information to let you know they found your dog. There was also a fly ball competition and a pet parade. We did the pet parade. We didn’t place in any of the competition classes but we did get in the paper. Well the dog did…and my leg. So I guess my leg is famous now….hehehe
My baby with his bandana on.

Teenage Truths

I know that the world is different that it was 10 years ago.  I knew that kids were having sex at a alarmingly younger age.  What I didn’t realize was just how mean some of them are.  Had the 13yr old female come in because she might have been gang raped.  13!  What the hell.  So I have to go in to the exam room because the male doctor needs a chaperone to keep everyone honest.  I knew it was a possible rape but I did not expect to see this child close to my daughters age.  She was dressed in her hospital gown with this look of fear.  When the doctor asked what happen this is what she told us.  She went to spend the night at her friends house and apparently she didn’t know that there wasn’t going to be any parents there.  Let alone a party. The mother who looked mortified just repeated…she was spending the night at a friends house a sleep over…she looked like she was going to burst into tears.  The child, babe yes child because she is far from an adult states I was drinking just like everyone else and woke up with my pants around my ankles.  She states she hadn’t had sex before and wasn’t sure if she was raped.  She didn’t think she was.  Under her gown was in black permanent marker from her chest down to her privates smiley’s, dike, slut and many other foul language and pictures.  Who could be so cruel to do this to a child but other children.  What is wrong with kids today.  I was almost in tears with the mother.  I just don’t get it.  The mother was mortified and in shock.  She knew the parents and just assumed that this was a “normal” sleep over.  I was so upset that I probably spent a hour lecturing my children about underage drinking and being safe.  Please remember to talk to your kids start early before they get to that teenage age.  You know the age where they do listen to you.  I hope those kids get into trouble and I hope nothing happened.  But its in the court system now.

Mistaken Identity

Well  I shall warn my readers there is some graphic pictures that I have found on Google to help with my story.  So don’t read any further if you’re a queasy one. This was a wake up call that not everything is as it seems.  Plus a wake up call for me.  Here goes  There was an evening that a lady came in.  We were told that we needed to triage a OB patient because one of the nurses on OB couldn’t come down at this time.  So when I went to see the patient I was shocked to see that there was no way that she was pregnant.  Why you ask?  Well let’s just say I was hoping she wasn’t.  I asked her are you the pregnant patient?  She replied no.  So I blew it off like someone else must have gotten her.  I asked her what her chief complaint was.  Duh can’t you see?  Course I could see she was orange, her eyes were yellow and her stomach on the frame of a 110 person was a huge “pregnant” looking stomach.  I was astounded in the size of the patient stomach who apparently was suffering from Ascites. After obtaining her history of end stage liver disease due to alcoholism and drug use.  Some would say great another user…but this was my wake up call.  I was upset that the doctor just wanted to get her out of her as fast as he could.  The lack of compassion really grind my gears.  No insurance, No doctor would touch her.  So with the history of drug use no pain meds.  She appear more than 9 months pregnant.  Carrying all that extra fluid would be painful.  She would laugh about the size of her stomach only to cry again because she was hurting.  I understand that she would never qualify for a donor.  But the only way this patient could get relief was alcohol.  She was drunk.  She was a hopeless case that pulled at my heart strings.  There with no one to comfort her because she had burned all her bridges, I listened to her confess her problems and her pains.  I wanted to cry right along with her.  I don’t know what caused her to keep using and drinking till she looked like this… but I do know  I will try to be a little more compassionate to those that drug seek.  Maybe just listen a little more and try to convince these doctors they need treatment not 5 lortabs to get the out of the ER faster.
*image provided by google search

Alcohol: it's what's for dinner

Well apparently some men cannot live without alcohol.  Of course this family always points to other members in the family because they are the “alcoholics” and the accusers are not.  No matter how much education that I have I apparently have no clue what constitutes as an alcoholic.  So blogger buddies…tell me what you think is an alcoholic?  Because I am at my wits end with this family of drunks.  One hides his booze and think no one knows that he drinks.  The other likes to raid his stash to get drink his alcohol or visits each of the family drunks to get his alcohol because heaven forbid he buy it himself. There’s another who’s girlfriend is at fault that why he drinks even more.  Now mind you she is a drunk too because many of us have had to “stop by” and pick her arse up out of the floor because she got too drunk to stand.  Not that she could walk well in the first place.  But the one that chaps my ass the most.  Is the one that doesn’t drink hard liquor.  He drinks at least 6 beers to 9 a day.  Heaven forbid its his day off because he will start at 10am and not figure out why I get pissed that it’s a little to early don’t ya think?  But what do I know?  I only see the drunks in the ER, the causes of too much alcohol over the years, the wonderful people they end up with because the smart people left their ass a long time ago.  So quit bitching that we might leave you and cheat on you.  We won’t be leaving for that reason. We are going to leave you because you cheated on us with alcohol.  You know the thing you can’t live without.  It’s the first thing on your lips in the morning and the last on you way to bed.  We are tired of the beer breath and that can glued to your hand. Sick of you not remembering conversations from the night before or just being plain mean.  We are fed up with your excuses.  Great it tastes good whoop dee do.  I love brownies but I don’t eat a pan of them every night.

ER Red Flags

Okay so I follow this great blog called emergency-room-nurse  who wrote her red flags.  I feel that she missed a few and I wanted to add my red flags…any other nurses out there that can add some feel free.  Please click on that site to see the original RED FLAGS IN THE ER.
Red flags in the ER:
1) You are allergic to Tylenol , Motrin, Ultram, Ultracet, Toradol and pretty much any non narcotic drugs.
2) You tell the nurse you have a diagnosis of pseudo seizures  which if you were smart enough would realize that means false seizures or to us a big seizure faker.
3.)  You have had this issue for a year and just now at 3am decided to visit the ER
4) We saw your brother yesterday for Opioid withdrawal and you share the same address.  (hmm did your supplier get busted?)
5) You bring your own bag lunch
6) You ask or tell me that we don’t need to run a drug screen on you.
7) We run a drug screen and you tell us someone must have spiked your drink
8) Because of the 1000 times you have been  to the ER it causes my computer to take 10 mins to pull it all up or it just crashes from the stress.
9)  The ER nurse knows you by face and can put your name and birthday and most of your history without you even talking.
10) You tell me how the last 2 other ERs that you have been to for this problem don’t know their butt from a hole in the ground.
11) You know my name without looking at my name badge.
12)  You request your meds by name.  I can’t take Zofran because it doesn’t work but 25mg of Phenergan works…or hmm I don’t like Toradol makes me feel funny.  Last time I was here 2mg of Dilaudid worked real well.

13) Your relatives or friends are in rooms 12 and 13.

14) You tell us you’re a 10 on the pain scale but your texting and talking on the phone
15) And last but not least…you tell me you refuse to see these list of doctors because they don’t ever do anything for you.
So that is my red flags if you come into my ER

Book Review: May

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By Stephen King
Now mind you I have loved Stephen Kings Original works.  Not His Bachman era but his Carrie, the Shining type of work.  But when I heard that he just wrote a book about zombie like people.  Hell yea that’s right up my alley.  In this book Mr. King doesn’t disappoint.   His tendency to over describe scenes is perfect in this type of novel.  Imagine talking on the phone to your mom and suddenly the  “pulse” occurs and you’re an angry yelling maniac trying to kill everyone in your path.  This was a great read.  A little slow in the beginning but it picks up to the point you have to stay up till 330am to finish the book.  If you like a apocalyptic or zombie books run out and get out a copy.  I give this book
   for a great read and zombie book.

Back of the book:
“When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Jew and a medical doctor, the prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the man who became known as the infamous "Angel of Death" - Dr. Josef Mengele. Nyiszli was named Mengele's personal research pathologist. In that capacity he also served as physician to the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners who worked exclusively in the crematoriums and were routinely executed after four months. Miraculously, Nyiszli survived to give this horrifying and sobering account.”
Dr. Mengele one of the infamous Doctors during the holocaust. Know for his horrid experiments done on prisoners of Auschwitz.  This book is about the Jewish Doctor who had to assist Dr. Mengele in his “scientific research”  even though he knew he was a criminal doctor. It was amazing just horrid this camp was and just how easily this man could have been killed in camp.  The monstrosities he had to endure to come out “alive”.  If you read holocaust memoir then this is one to add to your reading collection.

Feel free to tell me what your reading…and you score.  I love hearing about great books to read.

Vacation, Laziness, HMMM donuts

Yes so I am suppose to be on this great diet.  You know so I can wear this stupid bikini my hubby wants me to wear.  Now mind you I could be 200lbs over weight and he would still want me in a bikini.  Men…
So Like I said on my last post about being on vacation…when your on vacation your diet goes out the window.  Which is not good considering this isn’t my big vacation…the beach one where you really don’t want to be fat.  I have done no exercising and my diet HA!  here is a pic…

Yea see one is even missing in the pic.  I have ate 4 of these little bastards…the evil devil made me do it.
   I would call the crack but starbucks already takes the cake on that one.

So here it is 2 days till my vacation is up and I can about guarantee when I go back to work to weigh on the scales I will have gained 10 lbs.  So I have 3 weeks to get some of this chub off me.  Ugh.  Hmm maybe I could become bulimic.  You know so I can eat and hmm taste the donut goodness…but it won’t turn into fat.  Too bad I like the enamel on my teeth and the lining of my esophagus…plus not a big fan of puke.
Ah to be the size of a twig and be able to eat what I want when I want.

Ps when dieting why is it your big boobs go first? I would be happy to keep the ass and boobs..just lose the gut…sheesh

oh and btw I was looking for a pic for diet boobs..don’t ever key that in google..lol you find things like this…



Don’t do it…there are worse ones.