very expensive babysitter

today i am a very expensive babysitter... i am sitting outside the room of a patient, watching, waiting for him to impulsively jump out of bed without regard to his many IV lines attached to his chest. at which time, i too will jump, don my yellow gown, mask, and gloves, and assist him to his commode chair (hopefully before he has had an accident). my patient is a grown man, slightly confused. when asked this morning where he is, he responded in all seriousness with "the parliament building." and because he is currently slightly unsafe on his feet and unaware in his mind, i am his right hand woman. and i am BORED. it could be worse. but seriously, i just want to be on vacation.



today is my last shift before more than two weeks off. cole and i leave for switzerland on monday for a quick rendezvous in the mountains. after a few solo days, we will meet up with my parents to tour my dad's home town of disentis. should be quite relaxing - drinking coffee and eating cheese fondue, going on walks on tiny trails behind the most beautiful and melodic cows (the bells, not the moos). in some ways, this is a celebration of sorts. cole has finished his didactic year of PA school. we have survived our first year together. as of august 18th, we have lived together for one month and lived to tell the tale. and in some ways this is a brace-yourself-for-the-next-year trip. cole starts rotations all over the state when we return and i head back to the grind. what a summer it has been!



i haven't written here much. i'm not sure if it's been because i was unmotivated or too busy. perhaps uninspired by my patients and or experiences here. my favorite patient, the saline gal, well... i have good news about her. i sent her home about three weeks ago. i walked her out to the garage myself. the first breath of fresh air was shocking and tearful. and my very biggest hope is that she only gets better each day!