The last entry talked about the aftermath—how the music never swells, and hugs don't always come. There's no curtain call when the truth comes out. Just more fallout. I want to take a moment to circle back to why this blog started in the first place. Originally, this space was meant to be …
Tag: Pain management
Delirium…
Credit: Nurse.org As I lay dying… In my travels, Pax and I (Pax is my service dog) went to visit the gang on the old ward and have coffee and deliver an apple crisp the hubby made to a couple of friends. For real these 2 kept me laughing and held me up when …
My pain is a 25…
I need my Dilaudid and turkey sandwich. Working a surgical floor, I have heard this more times than I care to think and usually from a patient who is so snowed, that they are slurring words and barely staying awake. It is, however, a lot more common than you would think it is. Pain, the fifth …