Good evening bloggers,
These past 2 weeks have fallen heavy on me. It started 2 weeks ago when we walked into our shift with a crashing patient who had a device inserted & was bleeding, to the point where he lost consciousness & had to be sedated & intubated. As we were checking his blood levels & saw that his hemoglobin was dropping rapidly & intensely. Our intensivist ordered our massive blood transfusion protocol & we had to bring out the rapid transfuser, a device that allows us to transfuse multiple units of blood products rapidly. Moving forward to the week of 4/14- 4/20, where we were so short on the unit, that I winded up working 5 nights in a row, then coming back on Sunday, with only 1 night off, to be sent home over an unintentional situation.
I waited in frustration with the situation & myself, so much that I had to get away & reset- hence the impromptu road trip to Boston. While in Boston, I spent some time with an old friend & a new friend who gave me good, sane advice & allowed me to calm my inner turmoil. But, unfortunately, when I came back to work, I was let go.
So, after being home for a couple of days & feeling like a fish out of water & unfulfilled & in trepidation, I kept giving myself a guilt trip. But, thank God I have an amazing network of family & friends that remind me of who I am. They’re support has been overwhelming from the phone calls & the text messages & even checking in on me physically! My oldest & youngest have been my solid rocks that I have been holding onto through this tsunami!
I want to take this opportunity to also thank my colleagues @ work who have kept my phone busy, with incoming calls & text messages of support & words of kindness, that has been humbling to me. Senalia, Jazzy, Denise, Pablo, Alex, Lani, & all my work babies that have texted me & keep me smiling when I read my messages.
And although I am disputing my discharge, I am starting to look @ this situation differently. And like any other loss in my life this feels like it’s time for a big change. Hence the title of my entry: here today, gone tomorrow. Jobs may come & go, & although I worked @ this facility for almost 15 years, it was time for a change! And because I am loyal, I would not have left. My true friends from work have reassured me that we will remain in each other’s lives & for that I am eternally grateful.
Now it’s time for me to pursue my other passions & talents, skies the limit. Watch me soar as I take flight!
I just want to share my genuine love for my work family:
These past 2 weeks have fallen heavy on me. It started 2 weeks ago when we walked into our shift with a crashing patient who had a device inserted & was bleeding, to the point where he lost consciousness & had to be sedated & intubated. As we were checking his blood levels & saw that his hemoglobin was dropping rapidly & intensely. Our intensivist ordered our massive blood transfusion protocol & we had to bring out the rapid transfuser, a device that allows us to transfuse multiple units of blood products rapidly. Moving forward to the week of 4/14- 4/20, where we were so short on the unit, that I winded up working 5 nights in a row, then coming back on Sunday, with only 1 night off, to be sent home over an unintentional situation.
I waited in frustration with the situation & myself, so much that I had to get away & reset- hence the impromptu road trip to Boston. While in Boston, I spent some time with an old friend & a new friend who gave me good, sane advice & allowed me to calm my inner turmoil. But, unfortunately, when I came back to work, I was let go.
So, after being home for a couple of days & feeling like a fish out of water & unfulfilled & in trepidation, I kept giving myself a guilt trip. But, thank God I have an amazing network of family & friends that remind me of who I am. They’re support has been overwhelming from the phone calls & the text messages & even checking in on me physically! My oldest & youngest have been my solid rocks that I have been holding onto through this tsunami!
I want to take this opportunity to also thank my colleagues @ work who have kept my phone busy, with incoming calls & text messages of support & words of kindness, that has been humbling to me. Senalia, Jazzy, Denise, Pablo, Alex, Lani, & all my work babies that have texted me & keep me smiling when I read my messages.
And although I am disputing my discharge, I am starting to look @ this situation differently. And like any other loss in my life this feels like it’s time for a big change. Hence the title of my entry: here today, gone tomorrow. Jobs may come & go, & although I worked @ this facility for almost 15 years, it was time for a change! And because I am loyal, I would not have left. My true friends from work have reassured me that we will remain in each other’s lives & for that I am eternally grateful.
Now it’s time for me to pursue my other passions & talents, skies the limit. Watch me soar as I take flight!
I just want to share my genuine love for my work family:
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