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One of the fears I had before I became a nurse was not being able to handle it when someone was throwing up. I could not stand the sound of dry (or not-so-dry) heaving without feeling a bit ill myself. What kind of nurse would I be, if I could not be there for a patient when they where sick? Anyway, I was able to make it thru nursing school with the “give the patient a container to throw up in when they feel sick and leave the room until they are done” technique and I learned the throw up thing was a common issue for many nurses.

A few weeks ago I had patient. I was giving him his meds and while he was ingesting them began to projectile vomit (almost 6 feet). It was greenish, probably bile. I kind of expected him to turn his head 360 degrees and speak in tongues. To be honest I was quite surprised he didn’t get vomit all over me. I was able to stay with him to console him and I didn’t feel at all sick myself; in fact vomit hasn’t bothered me for some time.

But here’s a new and more distressing turn of events. This week I almost got sick two different times with two different patients poop. The first patient had an active GI bleed and I was helping another nurse clean him up after an accident. Not only did I have to leave the room, but I even dry heaved on the way out. The other time, I was emptying an ileostomy and I dry heaved the whole time I was dumping it in to the toilette; I couldn’t flush fast enough.

Poop was never a problem form me before. I deal with poop ten times more often then puke. What am I gonna do? Is it just because they were from a GI bleed and an ileostomy or is poop beginning to be the problem for me?

Well I guess that it’s been a long while since I have posted. Here’s what’s been happening:

• Late November I left the hospital that I was working at… Long story, but basically their ideas on training and patient load (that how many patients per nurse) had a lot to be desired.
• I was offered jobs in December but they all didn’t start till January.
• Needless to say I was poor again at Christmas time.
• I helped out a whole bunch for my church choir’s big fundraiser in December for our pilgrimage to Italy in May and we raised $6,000.
• After much deliberation, I chose the hospital that had a unique internship opportunity. It allows me to rotate on different floors of the hospital till I find the “right fit”.
• The New Year started off with a new job, and internet dating.
• Yes that’s right, internet dating… And to think, I used to cringe at the thought of trying to find love this way. I haven’t found love yet, but I have met some nice guys.
• Two rotations into my internship, I think I have found my “right fit”; transplant services. It’s a busy floor with kidney, heart, liver, lung and pancreas transplant patients and patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices (LVAD’s for short). It’s a real interesting place, there’s much to learn, it’s kind of scary, has a great staff and a fantastic patient load factor (three to four patients per nurse).
• In May I will be going to Italy with my church choir. We will be going to Venice, Florence, Rome and Vatican City. We will singing at Wednesday mass in St. Peters Square and will have a private audience with the Pope. My sister Teri (Khadijateri) has plans to and will hopefully meet up with me while in Italy.