this and that

The nurse I was working under told me a story dealing with checking the placement of NG tubes. Im not sure where it happened though. Anyways, an NG tube is a tube that goes in your nose, down your throat, and into your stomach for feedings and to give medication, mostly for unconscious people. In nursing school they have STRESSED checking your NG tube placement (done by several methods but mostly injecting some air into the NG tube and listening to the patients stomach with your stethoscope for a gurgling sound) because you want it to be in their stomach and not coiled in their throat or something like that. So, back to the story, this nurse puts the NG tube in a patient, doesnt check the placement, and just turns the tube feeding on.

Apparently the patient had some sort of nasal problem and instead of the NG tube going down into the stomach of the patient, it had gone up into their brain and curled up in there and the liquid feeding stuff was just draining in their brain. They died. I will never forget to check placement of NG tubes ever. That story is just sooo crazy.

Yesterday I had my first ICU clinical. I was scared to death, but it went really really well. I am learning tons and I love it.

One of my patients was on the ventilator and could not speak of course. His wife and sister came to see him during one set of visitation hours that I was there and he badly wanted to speak to them. He started wiggling a lot like he wanted to tell us something so we took off one of his hand restraints and was making a motion with his hands like he wanted to write something. We went and got a clipboard and paper and a pencil and released his other hand so he could write. He started trying to write a message, but his wife and sister couldnt read it. He was getting frustrated. I went over and stood beside the bed and gave it a look and figured out that it said “It is SO nice to see the both of you”. I repeated it out loud and asked if that is what he wrote, and he nodded yes. He was so happy that he was finally able to communicate and that he started crying. They were so happy that I helped him that they all were crying. It is real human moments like these that remind me I am alive.

My cat scan went okay. I havent gotten the results back or anything yet, and I wont til my doctor calls me sometime Monday probably. The procedure itself went fine though. They ended up having to use a pediatric IV on me because my veins are so small, so it hurt less than them poking me multiple times with regular sized IVs til they find a vein big enough to support it. Also since I am short they didnt have to infuse too much dye into me, so that was good. I was still peeing more than usual though for the rest of the day. I will post the results when I get them. Thanks to everybody who has been thoughtful and asked about it.

I have to leave soon for my lab today. ON SUNDAY! It is like a cruel and unusual punishment that I do not deserve. I have to be there at 12:30 and stay until 11pm. suX0rZ.

I hung out with my friend Rebecca all day Friday and had dinner with her family. They were nice people. Then last night she was supposed to call me to go to a party and DID NOT CALL ME so I hung out with someone else instead, and it was fun so poo on Rebbecca.

Last night I took two tylenol pm and put in earplugs and went to bed. It was fantastic.

Today at the mall me and my friend rebecca got our fortunes from a machine with a mannequin like person inside named ZOLTAR. My card says:

“Someone of the opposite sex is thinking about you. This person may ignore you or even avoid you, but only because of shyness or fear of rejection. Look to a helpful Pisces to bring you together. I see romance at full moon for you. A brown haired lady shares an important secret with you.”

Alright guys…who is thinking of me, who is a helpful pisces to hook us up, and plz tell me the secret, brown haired lady.

Last night was horrible. I like, didnt sleep at all. I think its my new medication. I dont know, but it was awful. I am like, dead this morning. I look like crap. I cant eat or drink anything after 9 for my cat scan at 1. Im going to die. I use beverages to stay awake in class. I can go without eating, but I am going to dehydrate and such. Im really not looking forward to this afternoon. It is weird. Nowadays I am used to being on the other side, not the one having to get dye put in them and their heads scanned. I dont have any reason to be nervous though. I know more about what I am doing than most people who go to get it done. I guess I feel weird about it cuz the last time I had one done was after my “head injury” and I was scared and thought I was going to die, as did everyone else. I was crying during my cat scan and he had to keep yelling at me to sit still so the machine could do its thing.

I got my digital camera in the mail today.

this is making me laugh a lot, especially the last one. check out the other lists too, btw.

Tomorrow is my cat scan. I have to have the whole stupid contras thing where they will start an IV in me and infuse dye into my body. I hate it. It is at 1pm. Im not allowed to eat or drink anything for 4 hours before it.

Today in class she was lecturing and just talking about a medication and then she paused to change slides and she hit herself in the face with her paper and started laughing. We all just kinda looked at her and she was like “Have you ever heard of people that squirt when they fart? That would be so embarrassing.” then starts laughing again. It was soooo randomly awesome I about died. It was one of the best times Ive ever had.

By the way, for those who guessed how old she is! She will be 40 before too long. Crazy. I thought she was in her late 20s.

I talked to my friend Chris Sidi on the phone for 2 hours last night. I hadnt talked to him in like 40 years. It was nice.

Im still pissed about that fire alarm.

It pisses me off even more when I write notes to myself and then I see them and Im like oh I was supposed to do something and I look at the post-it note and I cant read it at all. Like this note here it says something that looks like “cholo kile”. No idea what it is supposed to mean. I guess it could be “choco kite”. Im stupid.

I think I am going to start a myspace profile for my website. I get a lot of requests from people who visit my website that I dont end up talking to at all, but I let add me cuz I feel bad cuz they like me. Im not trying to be mean, but my myspace is kind of a personal profile and if I dont know you or talk to you it seems silly to have people on there like that. So I was thinking I could have a personal myspace page and then also one for my website and friend request the current people on my myspace that are fans and then delete them. But if anybody who reads this has me on their profile that visits my site, you can add my porkdisco.com profile to your friends list if you want. If you love me, you will.

Somebody apparently set something on fire in the dorm tonight at like 11 something at night. We were outside in the cold FOREVER and finally I saw my RA and asked her what was going on and she said that someone caught something on fire but “they couldnt find it”, they being the 2 fire trucks full of firemen, 4 police cars, and campus safety. WHAT GOOD IS A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IF IT DOESNT TELL YOU WHERE THE FIRE IS???? for the love of pete! is there really a market for fire alarm systems that will tell you when there is smoke but you have to guess where it is???

also i just talked to my RA. i asked her what happened and she told me that someone burned something in an oven and then tried to throw it away to hide the evidence so she didnt get in trouble and went outside with everyone else. So then the firedudes and whatnot went inside to find the burning material and they couldnt so that is why we had to stand outside for so long. Then like 15-20 minutes later she came forward and said she did it, and then of course they wanted to see what she threw away or something and couldnt find it.

we shouldnt have to stand outside in the cold for 1000 YEARS! It might have been 2 hours in the freezing cold so very early in the morning but whatever. our fire alarm systems should say at least what floor the smoke is on, if not the exact alarm going off or section of the dorm or something.

i uploaded lots of random pictures of the out of doors in my gallery, if anybody likes that kinda thing.

ps
i hate when people say “the out of doors” instead of outdoors.

I am doing MASSIVE clean up in my room. I cleaned ALL DAY yesterday. I think I am making good progress. I should have taken a before shot.

It is crazy! Ive been working forever on it and i am still not done.

My friend Jonah text messaged me yesterday. I havent talked to him in FOREVER.

My friend Ellen gave me some chocolate from belgium. Hoorah for chocolate!

Also, I am going to the doctor today because of my brain meats. Hopefully they will fix something up for me. I may or may not post results later.

who reads this that would allow me to call them “snack cake”?

Kevin Federline and his music make me want to shoot myself in the head.

I had a dream I was married to David Spade last night. It was pretty cool. I think he is a adorable.

Over christmas break, I, and everyone else that played, was beaten during the game of boggle by my 9 year old cousin.  He is asian though, so maybe that explains it.

I like my Adult 3 teacher. We had our first real day of class today and although Ive already been around her some, Im just starting to like her. She is kinda funny. She’s an asian woman with a bit of an accent, and its funny. Today she meant to say “thursday” but it sounded just like “turdsday”, for seriously. Here is her picture, please everyone guess how old she is in the comments:

I enjoyed my class today. Learning about the human body just absolutely fascinates me. I sit there and Im excited to learn everything that I am. I like it.

but yeah, guess how old she is in the comments plz!!

http://sacredheartpioneers.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/vonsuck_paul00.html

This evening me and my mother were talking about vacation plans and she told me that dr. roddy thought going to japan might be boring. He thinks there is just temples and stuff and that there is nothing else to see. So then my mom asks me if there are any other places I’d like to suggest going. I told her I’d like to go to New Zealand. The conversation went as follows:

Mom: Oh I heard it is too cold up there in New Zealand!

Me: What?

Mom: You know…its way too cold up there by Antarctica. Why would we want to go there??

Me: Are you serious?

Mom: Yes, why?

Me: uhh Antarctica is down at the bottom, and New Zealand is above Australia.

Mom: Oh.

I had a patient twice now and he is in the hospital because he was building an elevator in his house and he fell down the hole. He broke both legs (and they are in external fixation…mildly yucky picture if you are really wimpy) and he had a heart attack at the same time.

The funnier part of the story is that he would call me “children” like Chef from southpark . As in “Pass my me water bottle thar, children” to me. Im a singular adult.

funny guy.

“give me another blanket thar, children!”

“i dont need no insulin thar, children!”

“im not eatin’ that turkey thar, children!”

You can marry me any time you like.

he gives me like, a total boner.

Today during lab at the hospital I had a patient repeat me when I said “sure”. I think I say “sure”, but it was pointed out to me by Steven, and now this patient, that I actually say “shore” or something. He then asked me where I was from, etc. He was alright. He told me I was pretty. haha.

Today I had the pleasure of witnessing someone try to order a bacon and peanut butter sandwich at Subway. It made my day.

In my final evaluation for nursing seminar today, my preceptor put in the comments things like “Has good rapport with patients”, “Able to multi task well”, “Very knowledgeable about meds and condtions”, “Very smart”, Will be a very good nurse”. I am going to get TEH A+++++ #1 EBAYER

Tourists wear their wallets in high places when abroad
So as not to be ripped off in ways to which they’re not apprised
Lawyers write some goofy terms in letters to the future
So as not to get all screwed by methods here and after devised
So will I

And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can’t talk
But I will protect myself from you
I’ll keep on reminding me
I’m always free to walk

You’re not exactly what I’m looking for
You don’t even know that but I’ve got it straight, now keeping it in mind
No you’re not what I was looking for
I just need a little bit of what you’ve got, a little bit
Don’t make me laugh

And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can’t talk
But I will protect myself from you
I’ll keep on reminding me
I’m always free to walk
Always free
Free…
To…
Walk
(hey)

Whatever happens between you and me today
Probably will be okay, but it won’t bother me
Anyway

And I guess I will protect myself from you
Sometimes I get so tickled I can’t talk
But I will protect myself from you
And I’ll keep on reminding me
I’m always free…
To walk
Free
F-R-E-E

You can’t, you can’t hurt me cause I don’t care about you
No, I don’t give a shit
I don’t give a shit
About you, whoa

Protection by Ben Folds

that picture of me and my family at christmas is pissing me off. SERIOUSLY HOW IS IT THAT I AM THE OLDEST AND THE SHORTEST

something isnt right

Hotornot.com users will know what I am talking about, but for everyone else, they have a feature now where you can send somebody a “flower” for money. They cost between $2 for a carnation and $10 for a red rose.

Anyways, some guy that Ive never met and I have no idea who he is sent me a red rose. That is so odd that a complete stranger would spend 10 dollars on me for no reason. He isnt even a member of hotornot.com, so I cant even send him a thank you note.

My life is odd, I tell you.

Corn on the cob.

ruined!

ps…

that bunny sticking his tongue out is skill KILLING me.

http://www.mensa-test.com/

i have a 23 so far. see if you can beat me.

23! I WILL ROCK YOUR FAAAACCCCEEEEEE

I just got a box. That is a start. I will put clothes in it that I dont wear and put it in the storage cabinets above my desk instead of the clothes being all over the floor. OMG INITIATIVE

NSFW this myspace group kind of gives me a total boner.

Yesterday I talked with my friend Zach about politics for THREE hours straight. I dont think Ive ever talked about any one subject that long, let alone politics. It was nice though.

I think I need a personal secretary. I cant remember to do anything. I need one so they can keep track of my appointments for me and tell me when I need to have certain assignments done, etc. Man I’d seriously like to have one.

I got to talk to my friend Bri earlier today. It was nice, I havent seen her since the summer time. She is a neat person, I like her a lot.

I need someone to clean my room for me. I have soooo much stuff and its just everywhere. Now that I have my own room I have twice the space, but Im still only utilizing half of it. If I could just get everything all clean and organized once, I can pretty much maintain it, I just cant do it. Im always busy and then when I do have free time I am too tired or have a headache or find other things to do. I tried to get my mom to drive down here and do it, but she said no, that she is not ready to embark on a several day cleaning excursion. It isnt THAT bad though. But it is starting to piss me off. Im always like “okay, I’ll do it tomorrow since I dont have anything to do” but then I dont do it. I look at websites all day instead. I think its so funny that even though I have my own room I am still only taking up half the space. There is nothing in half the drawers and cabinets and im not using the other shelves or desk for anything. My room has so much untapped potential! I should get on that sometime.