I work again this weekend so I hope to upload blogs with photos until then here is a recap of what has been going on.
Work work work and more work while normally it don't get to me the last 6 days about did me in. Last Thursday night I went in to work at 9pm to cover for a EMT who needed to go work his other job as a deputy until midnight (knew it would be later but gave him benefit of doubt) I got to go work and do what I love he got to go do what he loves and got some criminals off the street win win however he didn't return until 2am.
Friday sucked I was tired end of story. Then I worked ambulance for football standby well good ole Missouri weather changed and it was COLD and windy at the game I froze.. Was still froze at 4am. Clue one I should have seen that I was coming down with something.
Saturday morning helped with an auction it was still COLD and windy and I couldn't get warm left auction headed to ambulance to work from 2pm on. Fell asleep on the couch. I was exhausted and never have I fell asleep like that with coworkers around because this will happen:
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So Sunday I worked at 24 hour shift and my partner was also an EMT which usually means we run our tails off because the other crew with Medic only goes out if its paged as a call that needs him.. I felt like death body aches fever head pounding and clogged with sinus crud and elephant on my chest. We ran our butts off and in between every call I was in my room under my blanket trying to stay warm and trying to rest. Lucky for my the rest of the guys working that day all stayed in their rooms so no one noticed I felt like crap. Usually I am not one to stay in my room all day by nightfall my partner noticed I hadn't ate much and was prying as to what was up. We ended up with 6 calls in our 24 hours!
Monday wasn't any better I went to my office job home to shower fed kids and headed back to work for a 12 hour shift luckily we only had one call around 9pm. So I got to stay in my room and rest, Tuesday well wasn't much better but several friends told me to go buy some Mucinex DM and I forced myself to the store and got some. Sure enough its slowly starting to work.
Wednesday was a bit better not much and today well I think I may survive which is good since I work again this weekend. Now if I hadn't already worked a 100 hour week, had I gotten sleep every night last week I probably wouldn't have felt as bad. Any smart person would have went home but I am stubborn and stuck it out. Monday morning at the ER we helped another ambulance get some patients unloaded and my best friend was working thankfully she didn't see or hear me on radio long enough to realize I was sick she would have caught on quick.
The last few shifts I have worked with another EMT Nancy we have a great time and we are both hard headed and stubborn. We always seem to get patients that are either 3 times our size or live in a house with steep steps to get them down and out. We are both about the same height (short). Our first shift together we joked we were Wonder Woman because we each had to lift about 250 pounds a piece on one call. I found this on pintrest and it will be printed in color and hung on our lockers at work.
Ok that's enough rambling from me but thought I owed whom ever may still read my little blog a update on why I have been MIA.
