Entangled life

My senior dragged a chair and sat next to me in front of my patient's room yesterday. I was feeling suspicious, then the later proved me right.

"Do you interested to be an ICLO (Infection Control Local Officer) nurse?"

Omg, on my first working day this month some more. At first I thought oh man this is just another task, another workload. And I concern that i myself not even practicing all the correct way doing procedure and cheekily did shortcut at all chances I had, how'd I be the one to supervise and correct others? But she convinced me to, which means I should start correcting every single step now. Sigh. But thinking she was even lending her sweater to me previously when I fell sick and fever, okay fine, let this be the chance to improve.

Then come our CI who had trained me personally when I started working here, asking my well-being. She went through all the documentation later and told me she had speak highly of her trained nurse to our manager. The understatement was for us, me, to keep up the standard and not let her down.

Now I'm due for my presentation of CABG which I had done none yet, stalling time just because getting MC before.

And in next August also, previously my other senior also had offered me to team up to do presentation. She offered me a team, thus I unable to refuse. Huhu.

Some more all the explanation letters I haven't tend, and all the CPD points I haven't pick up.

I just barely get to plan my future, with the post basic that being pistponed, I may as well get interview to go Saudi. It's my dream to work overseas after all, but I will sort it out in few months to come.

When I came to work yesterday, I had received warm welcome from seniors and colleagues, including our in-house medical officer. And just before I finished my duty on my first day working this month, after 16days off day and mc, after working 14 hours double shift, unexpectedly just another senior gave me a bottle of homemade biscuits. How sweet of her! Some more it's very nice and yummy, seriously. I barely able to stop eating them.

Influenza A positive

Finishing my last night-duty, and exactly right on my resting day that i started to fall sick. Seriously sick, i had fever about 37.8°C, vomitted whatever there was from my intestine once, unable to eat anything, too weak to even stand on my knees and badly shivering. Lucky enough it was 2-days off so I could rest longer. I thought it was only a normal fever, since working i'd get a high fever once every 2 months. The next working day when I supposed to do double shifts (our usual double shifts is 14 hours working), the night team leader plotted me to incharge the infectious quarantine case. I requested to swap case since I'm not feeling well, then they noticed I didn't look like my usual self. So my seniors asked me to go to emergency dept just to check.

"Omg," I surprised to see my temperature already 38.5°C. The doctor offered me MC, but I refused first saying I'd like to see my rapid influenza result. An hour later, my Influenza A was positive, given antivirus and 3 days MC. Understatement, I were told to take enough rest, avoid the crowd and to come back later for check up. H1N1 test also done just to make sure. These days were hard on me, and I didn't really tell the truth to my family as the might worry sick esp my parents. However thank god I had a caring eldest brother that concern enough, and friends that supporting me from time to time.

All were there. Headache, giddy, nauseous, vomitting, fever, whole body aching, stomachache, diarrhea, painful cough. I even awared that my condition will deteriorate any given time, but thank God i recovered. If it were going to progress, I'll possibly facing death already.