Peacocks and IVs

So my temporary roomie Michelle finally took me on a driving tour of Oakridge - there is so much more than I thought there was! We went up into the hills and saw all the fields and houses with land and horses and cows, and then some wandering deer and elk. The strangest thing we saw was some peacocks running around on the road - apparently someone keeps peacocks and they got out of the yard or something...way funny. I had to take a picture.

Moving on. Today was such a better day than yesterday. First appointment this morning was an urgent visit from an elderly woman who had been admitted to the hospital a few days ago for pneumonia, and was discharged yesterday. Well of course overnight she had shortness of breath and swelling in her feet, so she called us and was told to come right in. We wanted to keep her from having to go back to the hospital, so I started an IV (yes, me! And it was a good IV, no blood everywhere like when I practiced on poor McKenzie). Anyway, first we drew some blood from the IV, then I pushed some solumedrol and lasix. The solumedrol was to decrease inflammation of her airways, and the lasix was a diuretic so that she would pee off all the extra fluid. It was a wonderful success for the first appointment of the day...keeping someone out of the hospital is always a good thing.

The rest of the day consisted of giving an injection in the knee for pes anserine bursitis, an injection in the hip for trochanteric bursitis, two injections in the butt for a migraine, and I even managed to get a "you did a good job today" from my preceptor at the end of the day. It totally makes up for yesterday's flustered-ness.

Anyway, that's all for today. As usual, I miss you all terribly.

Jen