My cute mother came into town. We spent a super fun couple of days doing whatever we wanted (and nothing at all). Our mission for her visit: find the perfect serving bowls. This mission took us to every housewares/decorating store in the county and yet we remained unsuccessful. Those perfect serving bowls escaped us for now, but they will be uncovered. Otherwise, we watched Becoming Jane (the perfect chick flick) ate a lot of good food, and had a generally wonderful time. I love you Mom!
This last weekend was a little more hectic. Joe and I babysat 5 of our nieces and nephews for 4 days while their parents soaked up the sun in Cabo San Lucas. We had so much fun! Our weekend was complete with a trip to Chuck E. Cheese's, the Purple Turtle, and watching Agent Cody Banks about 220 times. Pictured below . . . Team Nettesheim
One last thing to mention for this post (and maybe this month :) ) . . . sometimes it is good to be a nurse. There have definitely been times when I have questioned my decision to become a nurse, but the other day I had an experience that reminded me how valuable nurses really are. I was working at the oncology clinic when one of our patients complained of chest pain that had been going on for some time. The first nurse who drew her blood did not assess/address her symptoms. I was working in the back, waiting for her test results when I realized that most likely no one had talked with her about her symptoms. I only needed a few minutes with the patient to realize that she needed to go to the emergency room immediately. I called an ambulance and had her sent to the ER. Of course at this point the ER nurse in me kicked in, and it killed me to send her off with the paramedics because I really wanted to be on the other side, receiving the patient and taking care of her on arrival in the ER. Anyway, the patient was eventually diagnosed with multiple pulmonary emboli (or blood clots in her lungs . . . similar to a heart attack of the lungs) and is still in the hospital. I didn't think too much of the episode until my manager said, "Steffany, you saved a life today." Wow. I am just glad that I had the experience to recognize the severity of her symptoms. Sometimes it is good to be a nurse.
6 comments:
I'm glad you had that moment! Sometimes you do need the reminders of why you do your job! We miss you.
Great job steffany!
Steffany, that's awesome. Way to go!
Steffany, you are so awesome you caught the pulmonary embolisms! You are also lucky they weren't worse...I recently had a post-op patient who suddenly died of a massive saddle PE and it all happened within a matter of a couple minutes. Terrible luck! But I was glad I could be there with him in his last moments and with his wife as she started grieving.
Steff you are awesome! That has got to feel pretty neat to know you were instrumental in saving someone's life. Way to follow your instincts!
PS- I don't know if I already said this, but I love love LOVE the pic of you & Joe at the top of your blog. I just looove it! So sweet! And it doesn't hurt that you are one freakin gorgeous babe!
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