ONe of those days….

 You know Murphy’s Law days…..

I went to clinical and I really thought I would love working with the bitty babies and kids.  Its hell…..THey are strict and I can’t do much and even when I had something to do I was like what do I do???  Like the infant is on CPAP think bigger than nasal cannula. and has its tiny mouth open and the monitor is going off that the baby is not breathing.  I can’t write down 0.  Obviously the baby is breathing.  I decided to work on my case study I have to do which is get info and type it up and present it. So I picked a baby today to do it on.  After reading about it this one was one that if I had to do when I was pregnant I would have worried myself sick.  This person was 32 yrs old, first pregnancy, no complications during pregnancy.  Wasn’t a smoker drinker or anything.  Had a history of GERD took only the GERD med and prenatal vitamins.   Was in her 41 week so she was OVERDUE.  Went in for scheduled induction. They broke her water(meconium in it) and monitored the baby heart rate. They didn’t like it so they did an emergency  c-section. The baby had an APGAR of ZERO!! Not breathing, no heart rate!  After 10 minutes… no breathing no heart rate…..20 minute they got a heart rate. Can you imagine!?!?  NOw the baby is on nasal cannula and is breathing on her own (8 days later ) still not sure neurologically what’s going on.  But if the baby makes it what’s it life going to be after that??? YOu know there are going to be major developmental problems after that.   I just can’t imagine having NO problems during the pregnancy and going not only to your due date but after and giving birth to a baby whom was literally dead.  Having giving birth twice now. Its the scariest moments when they pull them out and you wait for that cry.  It was torchure with Andrew as he didn’t cry right away. There was the  meconium issue  with him also.  Jonathan on the other hand was crying before he was actually born!  They were still pulling him out of me (as I could feel them tugging on me) when I he started screaming.  I was expecting him to wait like Andrew  but NOPE!!!  Music to my ears!  its stories like that that make you nervous as you figure by the time they are at 40 weeks there’s not a whole lot that can go wrong right??? 

So I didn’t get a break to eat or drink till 2:30 and I felt a bit guilty about that.  I don’t care if you are here she told me its for your bennefit.  Thanks….GUILT GUILT GUILT

 So I got home (THankful for the 40 minute drive…) My pen exploded and MY shirt was covered in ink. so was my arm and finger nails. GRRR at least the scrubs were dark blue so it wasn’t totally obvious. Scrubbed that….used nail polish remover..sink is now blue. 

I made an appointment to get Jonathan’s pics done…..1 hour later….(after walking around)I got in to do them.  By this time it was 6 pm and everybody was hungry ans although Dennis was home did he make supper??? NOPE. Why? if I don’t leave something out  he won’t do it. SOmething about planning he has trouble with.  If its out he would be more willing to do it.  So I went to Wendy’s,  as I got there, there was the high school baseball team ahead of us….grrrrrrr 45 minutes later FOOD!!!  I’m so tired.

Luckily I’m NOT going to clinical tomorrow and working on a project…. I’m so happy about this!!!