It is 3:00 am. What am I doing awake?

It is 3:00 am.  I am supposed to be sleeping.  My body doesn't know that.  These last two weeks at work have been so crazy.  I worked my scheduled Wednesday thru Sunday night from 11 pm to 7:30 am.  We had lots of babies (I think 8-10) in our NICU and were pretty busy.  Then Sunday night came and we got a sick baby who we started on our Cooling Program.  It was our first baby to do this on and that night was crazy.  I worked until 10 am that day.  This sweet treasure needed 2 nurses at her bedside to care for her and we already had a bunch of babies.  We were using 6-7 nurses a shift and normally we only use around 3-4.  Needless to say, I worked an extra shift on Monday from 7pm to 4 am.  I finally had a night off on Tuesday, but then worked from 6pm on Wednesday to 8am Thursday morning.  We got a set of preemie twins that needed to be admitted.  I worked Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and then had Saturday off.  Worked again on Sunday night and will not work again until this Thursday.  Sometimes I feel as though I am spinning in a tornado.  I do love it though.  Anyway, since I slept until 3pm today, my body is geared up to work right now.  My mind is busy and won't shut down.  So I am up at 3:00am drinking my hot cocoa and working on my blog.

The night shift with Gail, me and Kathy

I have decided to rename my blog, The Musings of a NICU Mommy.  I have an interesting job and life and I want to write about it.  I have amazing highs at work where a baby was born who was practically dead and I work on him with my team and bring him back.  I also have realy hard nights where we  have a baby that dies despite doing all we can for them.

Our crazy and wonderful L&D nurses on nights.

 I am a NICU nurse and love it.  I am also a mommy with two sweet little girls who I love very much.  And am wife to an amazing man.  Sometimes I feel as though I have two different lives: one at work in a world of beeping, and tiny, fragile babies and bottles.  And a completely different world at home with my husband and kids and my friends and my church family.

Night shift in Mother/Baby unit are the best!

There are times when I just need to pour out my heart about things I am dealing with at work or at home.  This is the perfect place to do it.  Join my adventure and read about life in the NICU as well as the fun I have with my kids.

Bekah and mommy

Hannah and mommy being super silly.

Our Hospital: Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa

I love the people here so much!