Sheryl's Memories

Today is one hectic day. Blur after 4 days off and lack of sleep. My sister has problem with the TNT package where the custom fine them some duty charge and she need to pay 250pound for the previous 2 packages and 100pound for the present one. She woke me up around 2am and told me about it. Couldn’t sleep after that, rang up their 24hours hotline and enquire about the problem. They will find out the solution for us and give us the feedback by Monday. so I hope all the duty charges will be cancelled. Anyway after that call, I think I went to bed around 3.30am.

Then by 6am I have to wake up for work. Reached work 15mins before 7am. Today I am station in the Nursery. 4 babies for me to take care. Looks easy but then one of them was having fever from 2am. 38celcius. Then Dr. came to examine the baby. The baby was put on cannula for IV antibiotics and there is some sore at the buttock boarded on a cream for it. Before that was seen my the eye Dr. because the eye seems not opening, so boarded on eye drop. SPO2 monitoring was on to observe since her apex beat and respiration were rapid. I given the first dose of IV antibiotics to her via cannula. Then continue her eye drop. I was talking with the person in charge for the TNT package when the eye Dr. came in..shotttt…luckily I off it as soon as possible and continue following his round. Then 2 babies are for discharge, left 2 in the nursery. Then without noticing the time its already 2pm, with all the lack of sleep and the busy we got. Time to change shift. Passed the morning report to the afternoon shift girls and pack things to go back. Pity the baby, she will be put in the incubator for further observations. Last temperature was 38.8celcius, given her a stat dose of syrup PCM 1ml. Hope she gets alright by the time I come back for my morning shift tomorrow. I was only in the nursery for the whole shift. I do not know what is happening outside to those patient. But there is one that I know for sure. A mother that she thinks that she is the queen of the hospital. She expect us to give her 24 hrs full attention to her and her baby. Oh my goodness. She doesn’t understand what is hospital. Hospital is full of patient and not only her and baby. Complaining that no one give attention to them. Only when she ring the call bell then they come but isn’t that suppose to be that way. We have other patient to take care of. Even babies in the nursery to take care. The Dr. told me to be there the whole shifts but how can I with 4 babies inside before the other 2 being discharge. Anyway I tried my best but I was occupied by the sick baby and the other one because she was a slow drinker. Then she complain that I didn’t come in at all. My goodness who is going to take care of her if you are at home. You yourself! What kinda mother. First time I am meeting this kind of mother. Then she is still my patient, so listen and treat and forget…thats the way I do my job.

Tonight, Kim Fei’s mum want to treat me dinner for my birthday and I can’t say no since it’s been a long time I didn’t go to their house to stay overnight. Further more Kim Fei’s grandma is coming down to have dinner with us. Though I don’t feel like going but then it’s not nice since aunt invited. Feel bad to reject such nice offer. Will be eating at King Crab. Don’t have much appetite lately. Don’t know why. Lack of sleep I guess.

Though this is not my first time on night duty but this 1 slot was rather different from the others. During this slot of night duty I don’t feel sleepy at all during 10hours of duty time. Maybe because I am so busy knitting a scarf for my boyfriend whom is going to Finland for training on October.

I hope I am able to finish this scarf before he goes to Finland.

At our centre, we have a new Night sister in charge. She is the youngest sister in charge in our centre but then she seems nice. My favourite patient at last delivered her baby girl at 36weeks. She was a patient whom suffer Prem. Labour condition several time. She has been in and out for a lot of times because of tightening and contractions. It was painful for her as she will be put on IV drips Ventolin and boarded on drugs like Nifedipine. This help her uterus to relax. At 34 weeks she was very pressurize, she insisted to deliver her baby at that time but it was dangerous for the baby and also to the mother. It would be easy to be done at Government hospital as there are fully equip. So Datin Dr. Noor, advised to wait another 2 more weeks to deliver the patient. At last she delivered 2 weeks later via spontaneous vaginal delivery. I was so happy and her princess looks so adorable. Everything was going well and quiet till 1hour before my duty end, a labour patient came in with shows and contractions but then she was only 3cm that time, so it was alright. Then she was to be admitted after 7am. *phew* *phew* You know la if she admit our shift then lots of paper work to be done and will delay my time of going home. Adding traffic jam in the morning, it get worst and worst in time. Then thats the end of my 1st night. At my 2nd night, everything went smoothly as usual, till an hour before end of duty again, another labour patient comes in with 5cm and moderate contraction and maternal distress. Then in another 30mins, my colleague check on her again, this time she is around 6-7cm. Oh no..will she deliver in our time? Luckily by end of duty it’s not time yet. Then the next night I come to know that her labour progress wasn’t good where 2nd stage was prolong, she was fully by 8am but delivered by 9.09am. Poor thing and delivered with help of Anderson forcep. This 3rd night, I am in charge of nursery taking care of baby. Luckily they weren’t naughty, after feeding they went to sleep until time to feed only wake up. This night nothing much happen, went on smooth and quiet. So is my last night, but my last night I was a bit sleepy. Today is my first night off, slept the whole day because I didn’t rest well during my night shifts. The when I woke up it’s already in the evening, so mum and I went out to have dinner at RakuZen at Subang Jaya. It was great as usual. Their dishes are delicious. Mum had the huge bento, so I ordered cold somen cause I am afraid she couldn’t finish hers. Then came home to play game and now updating my blog. I better get back to my knitting before time runs out.