hi all, in this early morning, i can't believe i would be so pissed. Now the scenarios, i arrived at the unit at 5:15AM, promptly did the usual, took my weight, and then i passed by the reception desk, where there was a nurse (whom i wasn't aware, would be the one to put me on). This little part is going to bare some significance to the continued occurence, (please read on), i went to my assigned chair, and my daughter assisted me in draping my blue blanket over the chair, and then i sat down, waiting to start the preparation for my hemo treatment. Meanwhile, as i was sitting, Nuria (a tech), was right next to me, doing whatever on the computer. Now it is 5:30AM, and she had the audacity, to say, you are suppose to be put on at 5:30AM, so you need to be here at least, 15 minutes before that, and i looked at her with daggers, before i could say anything, she had already pissed my daughter off, so my daughter remarks with, "my mom was here since 5:15AM, and just waiting for you guys to start the preparation for her treatment, so then about 5:40AM, that same nurse that i saw sitting at the reception desk, saw me, and didn't even acknowledge me. I had to rebut with something to miss smarty pants, Nuria, when i came and sat down, you were standing right next to us on the computer, Then i continued by asking her, you remind me of this absent minded professor that i used to work for at USF, and she said, why, because girl for the life of me, i don't know why you didn't see me come in, and sit down at my assigned chair. You know that girl, didn't even apologize to me, for pissing me off with that time sh!t (excuse my french, i don't usually curse), but she truly made me angry, as she has done this two times before. My daughter started observing the big clocks on the wall, one behind me and the one on the far back wall, in which my daughter said, these clocks are not in sync, she also remarked to Nuria, you be looking at that clock that is on the back wall, and this one (pointed at the clock), truly is behind by 8 minutes, and that other one behind my mom, isn't accurate either, is 6 minutes behind, so tell me, what clock are you looking at?, or are you looking at your own personal watch, that may not be accurate as well, Tiffany was saying this with disgust in her voice, i could hear it as plan as day, like a mother, i told her to calm down and sit down. Then to top that off, i had just spoken to my case manager (Ray), about challenging my target weight, and i then told this to the nurse, that was connecting me to the dialyzer, and she said i don't have any orders from the doctor for that, they said to take you down to 46kg, is what i have documented here, and then began to get angry, as Ray assured me, that he would talk to one of the nurses about changing this on the day before treatment. After i am on for 15 minutes, another nurse decides to come over, i guess when she had some leisure time, to tell that nurse, about her conversation with Ray yesterday, after hearing this from that other nurse, the nurse changes my target weight to 45.5, but you know what! that nurse, didn't even apologize to me, after this other nurse relayed the message from Ray, or the one that took her own sweet time, getting this message to the nurse, when i think if she was professional enough, she should have documented this on my flowsheet for today, and then there wouldn't be all this trying to persuade my nurse assigned to me, that they needed to challenge my target dry weight. I have just about had it with this old incompetent unit. The main issue with this unit, is that they don't all communicate, where a pts. well-being is concerned. I can't wait to have my surgery and get off this damn hemo. I miss PD so much, i never realized this, until i had to make this temporary return to hemo. After the treatment was over, i returned home for a 2 hour Nap, and then my husband, (always thinking of something sweet to do), tells me to get up and get ready to take a ride, and then i thought maybe we are going to take one of those leisure trips, through the Napa Valley, but no, we went all the way to Tahoe, and i had a ball, i got to go to that huge Craft Market in Carson City, and as we were driving up to the craft store, i saw a dialysis unit called Liberty Dialysis, Carson City. I wanted to stop in, but we were pressed for time, as i didn't want to got to this no smoking casino for a spell. We left Tahoe and headed Reno. We decided to dine in Reno, before partaking in any slot machine enjoyment. We dine at this restaurant, a real nice restaurant, located above the Harroh casino floor. I dine on open face turkey sandwich, with mashed potatoes, a lots of gravy, with a side dish of cranberry sauce, and a dinner salad on the side, i know, that sounds like a thanksgiving dinner, but i don't care, i just loved my turkey dinner, while my husband daughter, indulged in the special, steak, eggs & hash browns. My husband & daughter were set on a steak dinner, even though it turned out to be a steak breakfast dinner, that they serve 24/7. When then finished our dinner, and went back down stairs to play the slot machines (my daughter & I having to hold our breathe, by putting our coat over our mouth and nose, but as we got deeper into the casino, we saw a couple of slot machines, that had empty ashtrays and we didn't spell anymore smoke from those darn cigarettes, i guess you can tell i am not a smoker or is my daughter, i guess my husband can stomach this smoke in the air, because he was once a smoker, three decades ago, he stopped cold turkey, when our daughter was born. I started off with $5.00, i didn't do very well, as i didn't bring the kind of money to play some serious slot machines, but i did stop at $10.00, and cashed in, and went to another casino called The Silver Legacy, and lost all of that $10.00, by that time, i was ready to go. My husband was playing Keno, and didn't win, but anyway, this trip wasn't about winning any fortune, my husband just wanted to get my mind off the occurences at the unit, and just have some fun and relaxation. Well, that is it for my blogging for today, until the next blog, take care and i wish all my followers all the best.
Glo
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