Today at work I had to drop off an anti-HBV immune globulin kit in the emergency department. Unfortunately, it looks like the woman had been sexually assaulted and they were also waiting to give her an HIV kit. That fucking sucks. Sometimes being in the pharmacy can be a good thing because you have more distance from the shit that goes on because it really made me stop and take a breath.
Yesterday, one of my coworkers was up on the floor right after someone died. I mean, the woman was old, but still, right before Yom Kippur (the lady was Jewish). Ouch.
It's also eerie when I see bodies under sheets or in bodybags being transported to the morgue. I hate it. It always freaks me out. And sometimes, you get so used to seeing someone's name. There were 2 people who were in the hospital by the time I started working there and one of them died a few months ago and the other one died in August. It's a weird form of intimacy I suppose - I made their TPNs at one point. There's also a 16 year old who has cancer that's in remission. How fucked up is that? Only 16 years old and stuck in the hospital for weeks on end.
I could never be a doctor.
Yesterday, one of my coworkers was up on the floor right after someone died. I mean, the woman was old, but still, right before Yom Kippur (the lady was Jewish). Ouch.
It's also eerie when I see bodies under sheets or in bodybags being transported to the morgue. I hate it. It always freaks me out. And sometimes, you get so used to seeing someone's name. There were 2 people who were in the hospital by the time I started working there and one of them died a few months ago and the other one died in August. It's a weird form of intimacy I suppose - I made their TPNs at one point. There's also a 16 year old who has cancer that's in remission. How fucked up is that? Only 16 years old and stuck in the hospital for weeks on end.
I could never be a doctor.