St. Chris
I had a crazy day at the pediatric ICU yesterday. One thing is for certain; I don’t ever want to work there. Crazy depressing in so many ways. Every single story is worse then the last and every single moment is adrenalin filled. I was so freakin’ tired when I got home. I have been working with adults for so long that I forgot that babies threshold were so much tighter and your panic zone comes on so much quicker. The smallest little change can send them into cardiac arrest in no time. Adults can tolerate so much more. I had only one patient and felt like I could never turn my back on his monitors for a second. Didn’t have breakfast, didn’t have lunch and pretty much never moved from outside the bay for 12 hours straight. He was alive and stable when I left but man it’s heart breaking. Glad I only have one more rotation there.
On a happier note…the lobby is so freakin’ cool there. They have a huge fish tank and some artist came in and made these trees 60-70 feet high. It’s like a little forest inside. Super cool. I want some in my house.
