May days

Been a few months since I posted...
Settling into the childrens ward for work now, its much more challenging than it was in community but in some ways less intense and skilled.
I'm working in a surgical environment most of the time. Broken bones and abdo pain, the odd tonsillectomy or other routine operation. Parents are often more challenging than children but that's life.
Yesterday I had the oldest and youngest children in my care. I had a 3 week old baby with a very painful looking mastitis and a 14 year old girl with constipation!!
We don't accept 'children' past their 14th birthdays and this child had her birthday while on the ward so she made it by the 'skin of her teeth' rather than being treated by adult services. No, I don't agree that 14 year olds are adults and from experience with my own daughter's appendicitis, I know that treating 14 year olds in an adult ward is not appropriate! But... rules are rules and each hospital is different apparently.
In personal terms, I have good days and bad just now. Made it through the anniversary of Mum passing, just. The run up to Dad's is proving tougher. Days I remember from last year... I spent so many with Dad, every day, to every second day to a couple of times a week..... to two days before he had his haemorrhage... to .......
I have a very busy June planned... trying to occupy all my time so I have lesss thinking time. I am not stupid enough to think it will work completely but I will try.
So anyway, days off to recover from the aches and pains of the working week. Time for a nice hot bath then some crap tv before bedtime.
Tomorrow a music gig in Aberdeen to see Joanne Shaw Taylor and P.A.U.L. really looking forward to it. then physio Monday, time to visit a friend and to take flowers to the 'stone with a view' as my son calls it.
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