Nursing Stuff

Spoonie Adventures: A fortnight in hospital with covid19. Reeling from the medical trauma (secondary pneumonia sucks) and abuse from the staff (the same 'you don't look disabled' shit happens even during a pandemic).

Migraines on top of the virus shit show meant my body went into shock once (I survived) and Ehlers Danlos syndrome making the muscle wastage particularly dangerous during my recovery. It will be a long road but I got very very lucky in living to see today.

they were not “going to die in a few months anyway”

the average life expectancy at age 70 is 15 years. fifteen years! when i am 70 i can tell you i am going to want every minute of every remaining year i can get because i’m not going to be anywhere near done thinking and talking and traveling and being with loved ones. it’s 2020, 70 is just not that fucking old any more

“okay but what about like an 85 year old” no. fuck you. the average life expectancy at age 85 is 6.5 years. (that’s not a discrepancy ... the longer you live, the likelier you are to be made of resilient stuff.) my father is 84, a bit creaky round the edges, got a few of those underlying conditions, but yanno he’s not fucking done yet either, he’s full of beans, and many many people would prefer him to stay that way

Intern 2: No my blood is useless, I’m AB+

Intern 1: Ah, but if you get the rona your plasma will be super valuable!

Senior 1: Dibs on his plasma!

Senior 2: Hey wait what if I need his plasma?

Intern 2: You guys can’t have my plasma!

Wearing👏🏼the👏🏼same👏🏼pair👏🏼of👏🏼gloves👏🏼all👏🏼day👏🏼to👏🏼touch👏🏼the👏🏼same👏🏼shit👏🏼you’re👏🏼going👏🏼to👏🏼touch👏🏼without👏🏼them👏🏼does👏🏼nothing👏🏼

Nobody signs up for emergency medicine because they have a death wish. We are here because we want to help. We don’t fear stressful situations, we thrive in them. In times like these, when there are so many unknowns, we may question why. Why are we risking our lives for this? Why are we showing up every day when everyone else is home?

We are trained for this. We remain calm when everyone else is panicking. We can help.

Be there for your friends who are scared, your family members who are uninformed. Do your own research and understand the changes happening everyday. Protect yourself at work. Wear PPE. Change your clothes at work before you go home. Turn off the news and social media for a while.