A Special Guest Writer!

Hello Blog-dom!

As you might have guessed by the title of this post, this is not Janine writing. It's D2. I'm home for the holidays after a long and hectic semester of grad school, and while I'm here I also get to be the family nurse for a bit.

As you may have read in a previous post, my mom and S2 both underwent minor operations this morning- both were on their faces.

I'm happy to report that they are both home and doing relatively well right now (thanks, pain meds!) and that I'm seeing a bit less blood now (thanks, platelets!). I've also learned I have no desire to enter the medical field in the near future. So all in all I'd say it's been an exciting day.

But the best part for me?

Probably when the receptionist at the oral surgeon's office this morning invited my brother (who is 19-years-old, by the way) to the desk, then glanced at me (the only other person in the room) and cheerfully said, "You can bring your mom up here with you!"

...

I'm 24.

I feel like I'm too young to be insulted by things like that.


But even if my pride is not, I do want to reiterate that both patients are recovering well. My mom will probably be back to writing her own blog posts soon. They will probably include lots of lovely stories about me tending to her and S2's every whim and being the best nurse of all time.
Or, perhaps more likely, stories of me being way too picky about the movies we watched and trying to avoid looking at bloody bandages.

In any case, it's time for me to make S2 some liquid lunch and swap out his gauze. Here's hoping I can manage to do so without touching/seeing any blood!


-D2