Patient, Nurse, Patient, Nurse?
A few weeks ago I got to spend five fun filled days in the hospital for severe dehydration and some unknown reason causing me to have mass quantities of diarrhea (more than usual) like 25 times a day for about 3 weeks. The visit was pretty uneventful actually. I laid in bed, had some tests done which showed nothing (like usual), got some sweet pain meds, IV fluids and slept a lot. I'm still feeling pretty weak and if I am honest with myself I am still dehydrated and just flat out exhausted. I'm pushing myself way to hard lately. And I still want to do more. My intestines keep me running to the bathroom all day long at work (have I mentioned the 16 hour shifts I am working??) so I try to eat very little and ignore my angry belly. My Residents are my priority when I'm at work, not myself. It's the life of a nurse I suppose. I love it. When I started this blog I wasn't a nurse, just a Crohnie with lots of experience being a pa...