Wednesday, February 15, 2012




A terrible day at work



Wednesday is usually my favorite day of the week at work because I know my week is half over and I get to work in the operating room for the rest of the week.  Well this morning, I woke up at 5:30 got dressed and out the door I went in a great mood.  Once arriving to my office to gather my things and drinking my morning energy drink, I then thought it was going to be good day. After getting to the hospital and preparing for surgery it all changed.  The patient had arrived on time but without any of the paperwork needed to have surgery.  After calling and texting my doctor for thirty minutes with no response I then began to get very concerned.  Once reaching my doctor she then informed me she was on the other line and did not want to click over.  I could feel my blood pressure rising immediately. She finally got to the hospital after running forty-five minutes late herself and this time I was beginning to be very upset and mad. We then had to get all the consents and clearance paperwork in order so surgery would not have to be cancelled. Finally the surgery began and the procedure was now started, we were ready to take x-rays. After taking the x-rays, they were then sent down to be processed and developed as quickly as possible. Once the x-rays were developed and returned to the room, we realized the machine was broken and the films were unable to read.  I immediately got really mad and upset because nothing at all was going right and I wasn’t even eight-thirty yet.  I had to retake the x-rays and send them for reprocessing in the hope that the machine would come back on and work. Finally we were able to read them and could continue the procedure.  Two and a half hours later the procedure was complete and we could finally end the case.  Everyone was so happy the case was done but we still had another case to go.  The second case went a lot smoother for all of us but it ended up being a long terrible day.  First the patient forgot there paperwork, then the doctor was late and finally the x-ray machine had broken.  Today was a very stressful day which normally is a very relaxing day for me. I hope my day tomorrow is a lot better and my blood pressure can remain normal because I love to work in operating room. 

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