Comments | lynnbodoni: My holiday plans

lynnbodoni

My holiday plans

Dec 22, 2003 16:19

Today, all day, I am supposed to pee in a collection cup and transfer it into a jug, which I am supposed to keep cold. Thus, I have an ice chest in my bathroom. Tomorrow I turn in the urine I've collected over 24 hours and then I get to have blood drawn. Oh, joy. And the day after THAT I get to go to the hospital for some testing. Words cannot ( Read more... )

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missfran December 22 2003, 14:39:55 UTC

I was calling patients today to make sure they still needed ambulances for the 24th. I felt pretty bad calling people and saying "Hi! Remember how you have to go to hospital on christmas eve?"

You have my sympathies.

lynnbodoni December 22 2003, 14:58:15 UTC

It's not the date that I mind, really, as I wasn't planning on anything special this year. No trips, no family visits till after the New Year's, etc. It's just that I KNOW that the people on duty are likely to be the newest, least experienced technicians, as the ones with more seniority will have probably taken time off. Now, the ultrasound is gonna be tricky enough, because I'm fat (which makes it hard to get a good pic) and I'm very, very, VERY ticklish (which means that I'm gonna be giggling frantically (and not in a GOOD way) during most of the procedures). However, my veins are rather hard to stick, and I REALLY don't look forward to the prospect of having a relatively inexperienced technician try to draw blood from me. I think that I will mention "butterfly needle" fairly early in my conversation, as in "usually they have to use a butterfly needle on me."

missfran December 22 2003, 15:26:20 UTC

Why do you assume it'll be the inexperienced ones on duty? In my experience, since everyone wants that time off, names get put in a hat and whoever gets pulled out of the hat gets the time off. You can't grant people holiday over christmas on the grounds that they're more experienced and/or have been there longer. That's just not sensible in the medical profession.

Sounds like you have a bad time with the needles and the ultrasounds and so on. I don't envy you in the slightest.

lynnbodoni December 22 2003, 15:29:48 UTC

My mother used to work in a hospital lab, as a tech. At her hospital, seniority was EVERYTHING. My grandmother was a LVN at a different hospital, and again, the most senior people got the first pick of when they wanted their time off, etc.

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lno December 22 2003, 14:56:47 UTC

Your mood is so very, very suited to that post.

big_girl December 22 2003, 17:24:55 UTC

Hey Ma! Whyja leave the stale apple juice in the bathroom?

lynnbodoni December 23 2003, 02:32:12 UTC

The collection jug looks somewhat like an orange juice jug, in fact, except that it's turned on its side. At any rate, the 24 hours for collection is over, and I can now appreciate flush toilets even more than ever.

My cat has made any number of comments on my new hygiene habits, but she's Siamese, and will make comments about anything.