Thursday B - or lack of it!

Hi guys! Me again... Was looking for something to comment on and was going to look at Arsenal and Phil Brown but J seems to have had that pretty sorted so I will leave that for now. My life is still extremely stressful at the moment and I'm not going to moan as my previous post pledged. I have done reasonably well on this placement to avoid seeing things I haven't wanted too i.e. genitalia and excrement. Today I wasn't so lucky. After having to roll an old lady onto her side for hoisting, her gown came completely undone and with only me offering support from behind I had to hold her there while the nurses sorted her. If the view I got wasn't bad enough she decided to projectile shit which I did very well to avoid. Having to hold her there for 5 mins while the nurses cleaned her up and checked her catheter insertion was not a very nice 5 mins for me and this was just before lunch. I made my way down to the canteen and what was on offer..... beef stroganoff...which looked all too much like what I had seen a few mins earlier, the only other option was fish (and those of you who know me know my views on seafood) so I decided to buy a chocolate bar and starve myself for the day.

Tomorrow I have my half-way assessment and a lady is coming quiz me, I have know idea who she is and still am fairly sketchy in my knowledge of this area so it could make for an interesting morning. I have a few other stories from placement which I shall try and inform you about another time. One that particularly made me laugh was a guy who when he came around in ITU fully believed he was dead... it was quite sad he was asking what was next and where should he go, and could he see his family or was that not allowed? He absolutely was convinced he was dead no matter what anyone told him. After 2 days of this and speaking general gobbledigook he made an improvement in his condition and I went to see him in the morning. He again asked me if he was dead, to which I replied that he wasn't but he was in hospital in Middlebrough bla bla bla. He seemed to understand and asked how long he had been in for, 'so that makes today the 17th is that right?' he asked 'yes' I replied. 'Oh fuck, that means I miss out on my pint on St Patrick's Day doesn't it!!' This guy was hillarious, he was convinced he was dead up to a few minutes before and seemed more gutted at not being able to get his Guiness than happy that he was alive.

Just heard from J about a lack of heads for tonight down the den, and I am rather jealous as I am stuck here revising and would do anything for a few cheeky ones right now. Only 2 weeks left!!! Also it makes me sad that apart from J, I look to the right of my blog screen and see the other links haven't been updated in the last month! Chops whats happening with Kluft? Daz hows Aaron Lennon and the world of dietetics and of course your new mystery woman? Gary how are all the women your screwing at work and Gareth you still in tennis training?