Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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!
















5 comments:

donnaraet said...

I had no appreciation for NICU nurses until two years ago when our little Trenton was born. Thank you so much for all you do to help these precious children and their distraught mommies.

donnaraet said...

I had no appreciation for NICU nurses until two years ago when our little Trenton was born. Thank you so much for all you do to help these precious children and their distraught mommies.

donnaraet said...

I had no appreciation for NICU nurses until two years ago when our little Trenton was born. Thank you so much for all you do to help these precious children and their distraught mommies.

Stephanie said...

Love reading your blog and love you.

Stephanie said...

Love reading your blog and love you!