What a Weekend

I don't have a clue where to begin! This has been a crazy weekend! Some good, and some not so good. I guess I will start from Friday afternoon when I was leaving work....Okay so I'm driving home from working excited *yea!!* because Will and I are suppose to leave to go to Atlanta for the weekend. Will's parents go several times a year for the Gift Market to buy for their store. So we decided that we would go and just hang out. Will wanted to look at "artsy" furniture :-) Anyway back to driving home. I was by the Wal-Mart on West Main Street and was slowing down for the light. There was a truck in front of me and I was thinking I need to call Will and let him know I was on the way home--no people I was not on my phone when this happened-- All of a sudden I get thrown into the truck in front of me, bounce off the back of truck, my airbags deployed and my windshield cracked. It was the weirdest thing ever. I just kind of sat there in a daze. I swear I think I shook my head to clear the birds flying around--you know like the cartoons when the characters get knocked down and the little birdies fly around--I remember thinking "Crap did I just hit the truck in front of me--I wasn't going that fast???" Turns out the guy behind me wasn't paying

attention and was doing about 35-40 and hit the back end of me which cause my poor little Corolla to go flying into the back end of the truck. Poor car is gone! You can't really seen the damage is this picture--I didn't think to take a picture until they where towing my car. I wasn't hurt, I am very stiff however. Now on to the fun part of my weekend--we went on to Atlanta and got there kind of late. Saturday was absolutely BeAuTiFuL! We did a lot of walking around. We went to Ikea--its pretty awesome but a word of advice, go with a plan! There is a TON of stuff.

Like I said earlier, Will wanted to look at some artsy furniture. He bought this chair that he had been wanting for some time now

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Oh and today we went to this Exhibition called Bodies Exhibition. It was VERY awesome! I would

highly recommend this to anyone! Check it out! Very educational.

Toooo big a shoe to fill

Wow, what can I say about today??? Well for starter I will begin with the fact that our DON (director of nursing--my rock, well probably everyones) has been out for 3 weeks with the flu and pneumonia and then was put in the hospital with further complications. She is very sick and has a long recovery ahead--but I will elaborate more on that later.

Today I had the joy (yes that is a sarcastic joy) of "trying" to take Pam's place while she is out. She got the flu and then on top of that she got what the doctors thought to be pneumonia but where unable to get her blood count to go down even after multiple antibiotics. She ended up in the hospital and had to have a cyst-like mass removed from her lungs that had built up. She is looking at a 6 week long or more recovery time and we are all missing her VERY much!! I am attempting to help out with her job until she is able to return.

First of all I think that a lot of people probably take for granted all Pam does and has to put up with. From all the paperwork and keeping that straight--and I can say that, cause today I had a LOT of it today---scheduling, taking care of complaints, audits, talking to all the corporate folks and everything else in between, I don't see how she keeps it all straight. I feel very blessed to work under such a great person as Pam. I really and honestly couldn't have asked for a better DON. She will back you up in a heart beat and bend over backwards to help you, give you multiple times to get something right and she doesn't get bothered or act like we are ruining her day by calling her 50,000 times a day---or when we call her when we are on call and need something. :-)

Like I said earlier, we miss her VERY much and can't wait for her return!! This day--and I am sure in the days to come--has made me realize what a big job Pam has and there is NO way I could ever fill her shoes!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!!

One Tired Nurse

So I went back to work today. That probably was a mistake being just three days from my surgery. Oh well what can I say, I'm a hard headed nurse. We make the worst patients! So I went to the office with the expectation of seeing "a few"--3 maybe 4 pts--and then working on paperwork and staying in the office. Well that didn't work out so well. I think I ended up seeing like 8. I had to bend over to clean out this lady's stump and redress it--took me forever. She had a knee amputation that had got infected (it was SO nasty!! I took a picture but I'll spare yall...yeah for those of you who have never had abdominal surgery, it really hurts to bend over!! It ended up being 5 when I got off. Why is itwhenever I plan to get off early it never happens! It was one thing after another. By the time I got home I was so tired that when my husband said something about "medical bills" I started crying (I'm telling you people its these bc pills! Make me so dang moody) So I cried for a few minutes, did some laundry--my way of coping lol--then Faith (my sissy) made me

supper--under the instruction of her "bossy" big sis! So three hours later, a Lortab, TV, and my computer, I'm feeling much better! Word of advice to anyone having surgery; take plenty

of time off to rest fully! :-) Oh and apple pie à la mode yummy!

Surgery Daze

Well I had surgery yesterday for my stomach cramping. We had to be at the hospital at 8:30 which was good for Will because he is not a morning person and if we had to be there earlier I have this feeling we wouldn't have made it! Anyway when we get there--I was starving cause I couldn't eat or drink after midnight--they asked me a bunch of questions had to change into a sexy (not) hospital gown.

Will made fun of me cause I put makeup before I went to have surgery..please people I will be putting makeup on in labor on the way to the hospital!!! haha I can't help myself..Anyway then I got my IV....

I had a really sweet nurse named Monica. Can I just say I love the people who work at the Womens Center! They are some of the nicest people I know! I felt so loved cause cause lots of people came to check on me! Even my bestie from work, Stephanie came!! :-) They finally came and got me at 10ish--I was so nervous and I didn't think that it would ever be time. They took me and Will back to holding in surgery--can I just say I felt goofy riding on the stretcher. People look at you funny---My husband probably would say that I make that up in my head and I probably do. Dr. Young came and checked on me, by the way people he is GREAT!! Takes time to talk to you and he even called to check on me today! The Anesthetist Jimmy I think was his name came in and gave me some "happy" drugs"--made me not worried about having surgery! haha I remember rolling back to the surgery room, having a mask put over my face and the next thing I remember was waking up in recovery at 12:30! Its so weird.I really don't remember that much about yesterday I was so sleepy! I would wake up for a bit then doze back off. Much to my husbands regret I didn't say anything crazy, although Dr. Young tried to convince me I did! I have the best husband in the world! He has been taking good care of me! He treats me like a Queen! :-) I was sleepy today but feeling much better. Still very sore! I ventured to Hobby Lobby (my favorite store EVER) and I think that was a mistake. By the time I got home I couldn't hold my head up and my stomach was hurting. I was back asleep before I could count to 10. On the bright side the doctor called me this afternoon and said the test where inconclusive and he could not say if was or was not endometriosis. Said if it was then I should start to feel better and as long as I stay on bc it usually doesn't get any worse. Thanks everyone for all the thoughts and prayers!!