So today was pure chaos. No other way to explain it. By 10:00, the time I'm usually done passing medications to all five of my patients, I had not even finished with one patient yet, we had three major emergencies, and I felt like things were being held together only by a thin string, all before 10:00am. Two of my patients were transferred, one because of possible ischemic stroke and another because they were ceasing to breathe. Amongst the chaos, I had a special visitor. My dad stopped by to pick up some medications and just checked to see if he could take me to lunch. Surrounded by patience and grace, I withheld from bursting in to tears of exasperation at that very moment. I was physically exhausted, emotionally weak, and mentally fatigued. I determined that I couldn't go at that moment, that too many people needed me to be able to leave the floor for even 15 minutes. So he called me later and asked me to go on a date with him to get some Chinese food and Sushi. My fortune, above, was appropriate, and I let out a little chuckle when I first read it. What I would have given to be chilling at 1000, nevertheless at any other point during the remaining 10 hours of my shift. Ahh, the life of a nurse.
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