Most of this morning was busy without being overwhelming, but around lunch time it started getting closer to "if only I had 3 or 4 extra hands" kind of time! By lunch time, I was needing to do vital signs on a post-op little boy, discharge a woman and do another set of vital signs on her, admit and prepare a man for surgery, and actually take another over to surgery--all in about 30-45 minutes! Thank the Lord that the process is much simpler here than at home and for nurses who are always willing to help out! But it did get done and the patients are all doing well. I think 11 of our 20 patients were here for a hernia repair, which tends to be a faster surgery so that keeps the pace on the ward moving along pretty good!
We were able to take many of our patients up to deck 7 for fresh air. Our two little boys were really disappointed that, because of their recent surgeries, they weren't allowed to ride the bikes. :0( We kept catching them sneaking over to the bikes. However, everyone got a big kick out of a man in one of the fishing boats stopping to wash himself before going into port...right in front of our ship! He seemed to get a big laugh out of it, too, when he saw us all waving but did get dressed pretty quickly! Yeah, ...one more sight you most likely will not see at home...I hope! Well, off to relax and do something mind-numbing for a little while...have a good day!
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