aaaahhh nightshift...sweet, sweet nightshift...i love it i tell ya...

there's something somewhat calming about being at work while everyone else is curled up in bed..also, there's the added benefit of sleeping during the day - of which i do really really well. in fact, i sleep better during the day than i do at night (which is scary, considering i sleep like a baby at night)..so yeah..

tonite was the official first 12-hour shift at CCU...it was weird starting at 19:30..but it worked well. sure, there was a bit more to do (the getting people ready for bed stuff, that arvo shift usually covers)...but there was also 4 extra hours in which to do it. besides, 12-hour shifts means more days off..w00t...
which is always good..
the only real downside of night shift is not being at home in bed when you actually have someone to be at home in bed with...but i'm sure i'll get over that...because at least it means i can come home from work and crawl into bed with the aforementioned person and snuggle until i fall asleep..
now that's a thought to smile about. not this morning, though..cuz she'll have left for work long before i get home...but there will be other mornings, i'm sure..

so right now, i've been here 8 hours...and i have 4 more to go...i thought i would be totally mind-numbingly rooter by now, but i'm so awake that it's not funny..lets just hope it lasts..
i went shopping this morning for munchies to munch on during my long 12 hours..and i was going to buy a 4-pack of red bull but i was worried that because i've never had it before and i dont normally have a huge caffiene intake (except for my pepsi) that i'd have some kinda reaction and have palpitations and end up in CCU or somewhere else in the hospital hooked up to a telemetry unit...so that kinda scared me off..hahaha...fuck i get paranoid about the silliest things..
so yeah..no caffiene for me tonite (except for my pepsi)..

it's been a good shift though..this guy i've been looking after for the last 4 weeks has slowly been weaning off the ventilator..on to cpap..and off cpap onto t-piecing..and tonite..i walked in and did my usual wave to him..and instead of waving back he said "hey dannii" and i almost pee'd my pants..ya see..this poor fella hasn't been able to so much as even cough out loud for the last few weeks..so to actually hear a voice was quite a surprise..a nice surprise...so much so, i made him talk to me for almost an hour before i'd let him go to sleep..hehehe...it's such a great feeling when patients make that kinda progress. of course, his battle is only half won..he still has some huge physical wounds that will need healing..not to mention emotional ones...but i have great faith that he'll get there.

anyway..i hear buzzers buzzing...so i should go do some work..

oh night shift...sweet, sweet night shift...



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