La la la last day
this week. Day off tomorrow! (Today)
Happy Dance.
Planning the food.
Seize the day!
Planning the festivities.
Might watch tv and rest my brain.
Is it too soon to repeat the liver function test?
It’s only been one week.
Should I wait 2 weeks?
Pick up some Pho
Pho No!
Tripe is not for me.
Tendons? Hard pass.
Yesterday Costco Egg Bites with
Sugar-Free Syrup and Hot Sauce
Many more steps but I was charging
The Apple Watch- which already has
A dismal battery life
After one month. Shiiiiit!
Got home and a co-worker
Slash friend confronted me.
She called and accused me
of being “catty” and talking smack
about her during report.
It felt like this.
She was raging furiously
Because the Night Nurse asked in report
If Said Nurse might come in
30 minutes early.
I said it can’t hurt to ask!
She doesn’t like to change, generally.
She gets mad if you ask her
And even madder if you don’t ask.
Night Nurse can just give
report to the mom. And go.
Not much is happening at 6 am.
In Home Health, part of the contract
Is that if no Nurse is available,
The family must provide care.
My mother worked as a
Medical Records Secretary
In prestigious mental hospitals mostly.
Namely, Timberlawn.
Which was like the Betty Ford
It paid better than General Hospitals.
She loved Pop Psychology,
Transactional Analysis,
And the book Games People Play.
This particular game is called
“Now I’ve Got You,
You Son Of A Bitch!”
They won’t stop until you react.
She’s been looking for an excuse
to quit the case, and has been trying to
cause fights with other nurses.
Mom said she can just go.
No problem.
Nurses are Odd Ducks.
90% of Nursing is getting along
With patients, families, doctors,
Staff members, and other Nurses.
And all the knowledge and skill.
And responsibility for human life.
Well… I snapped back this time.
I usually just take it.
I defended myself.
“No one said anything about you!
No one is talking about you in report!
Quit triangulating me
Into a scenario I didn’t do!”
I matched her tone and volume.
I should have recorded the call.
And she hung up on me.
She’s probably going to ghost the case.
My housemate and I had
some trauma bonding over it.
I’m still stunned.
Like I’m in midair.
Waiting to come down.
