crazy train…

finished yesterday morning, working 5 days of overnight shifts (three 12 hour shifts and two 10 hour shifts (that should have been 12’s but i just couldn’t do it and lost 4 hours of pay)….

never again. i hope this co-worker knows this. her 2nd vacation and she was hired months after i was… mostly mad at myself for agreeing to cover for her and not looking at the schedule. had i done that, i’d have realized that i signed up for five 12 hour shifts in a row.
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currently apartment hunting. looking to move for May 1st. already alerted landlord that i’d be leaving. tired of crazy man upstairs and cancerman across the way. also, i need a bedroom with a freakin’ door…since Vincenzo continues to pee on my bed.

cbc, chem/lytes were normal. tested neg for felv/fiv (always test him since Sheera (orangehead) was FIV +). Vincenzo’s USG was 1.018 – low normal. he’s scheduled for a dental this monday.
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had a couple of disturbing emergencies come in. still kind of haunt me. little kitty 1 mo old that was accidentally stepped on. bloody nose and mouth and cold. kitty is doing alot better..24 hours later.

things to be proud of:
-got a cephalic iv cath (24gage) in the 1 month old kitty (jug wasn’t an option due to head trauma)

-got a iv cath in a 3 mo old eng. bulldog that presented basically DOA.

-got a iv cath in a maltese that presented actively seizuring (gran mal)

-got a 16 gage iv cath in a neurologically inappropriate German Shepherd.

still haven’t placed a jug or a sampling line…they don’t like using back leg samplings (for good reason) so, i’m shooting to just be able to place a jugular

all in all, for being sleep deprived, i was on… we kept getting early morning(before the end of my shift) true emergencies… and i got what had to be done done. very proud of myself.
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saw Jane Eyre. wonderful version. highly recommend it.

have the next 5 days off, since i was on for 5 days. will use this time to start cleaning up, throwing out, and checking out apartments. would like to find an apartment that allows dogs as well, been thinking about adopting a dog…(shelter dog of course). we’ll see.

need to get lunch….i’m hungry.

ciao!