Every time

I write about how much I love the OR, I must piss off the OR gods.

Multiple vag hysts today. I hate vag hysts. A latex-allergy case in the middle, so all of the previous cases also have to be latex-free. I hate latex-free cases.

grumble.

Nice delivery

My two favorite places at work are the OR and L&D rooms.

So I had primip last night, being induced (yes, I know. Overdue by a couple of days and I had a moment of weakness to whining in the office. I'm not perfect.) No health issues. Happy couple. Happy baby during labor. Checked her after office hours and before I went to PT. She was 7 cm. Told the nurse about my appointment and that to call me only if the head was out. ;) If she was complete, I didn't want to know.

So I go to PT and get tortured. As I'm sitting there at the end with the ice and electric stimulation, I call. She hasn't checked her but told me "She started having earlies about 15 minutes ago."

SWEET!

Finish PT, wander back to the hospital. Head is at +4 station. Pt pushes for only 20 minutes with a happy vigorous baby. Daddy is sobbing. She kangarooed while I got the placenta out and stitched her up.

Nice delivery.

Still slow

So Mom moved in. And thus far, she is still alive and I am still sober. We'll see how long that lasts.

But she had a list of things that she needed/wanted from the store. So off to Walmart I went. And no, I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, definitely not People of Walmart worthy. ;)

I'm thinking I'm not going to be doing any more shopping in the near future. It hurts walking through a big store like that!

2 hours

And counting until DH comes back her with my mother.

And let the fun begin.

Held back!

I was supposed to graduate from PT this week - yesterday was visit #12. And my ROM is back, which is nice. Most of the swelling is gone, but there is still a difference between knees.

But my right leg is still pretty weak. It's amazing how you can compensate (and not even realize it). I still hate stairs. My biceps and upper back are getting awesome because I've been using them to go up and down flights of stairs. Balance and proprioception is off if I'm forced to close my eyes. If I'm walking without crutches, I'm staring at the ground to doublecheck position of that leg. Gordon called me out on cheating during squats - all of my weight was on my left leg...I didn't even realize it.

And objectively, that right leg is a total loser! During the strength testing, he could move my leg any way he wanted to move it. I couldn't hold it in position to save my life. Left leg is just fine and stayed put.

The end of the world

I thought I recognized a patient on the People of Walmart site. It's the right state and it looks JUST LIKE HER.

Thanks, Grumpy.

Mothers drive you insane

And that's my plan for when my kids get older. ;0

She's doing better. On Vanco for presumed infection. Got 3 units of PRBCs thus far, last hgb was 7.9. Her white count is up to 1.1.

And I browbeat her into moving in with us. More accurately, I told her that and she finally stopped arguing.

It will be easier to keep an eye on her here.