Today I did resource, getting rooms started, fetching supplies, taking care of whatever needed taking care, giving breaks, then lunches for the scrubs. I gathered empty genesis containers to keep the rooms clear. Picked up recycle, made beds, retrieved positioning equipment, turned over rooms - all the usual jobs. In the midst of this, I felt the flow, and realized that for the first time in a very long time, I was dancing. Several items in my arms, drop this here, that there, pick up the next, drape the gel pad over my shoulder, snag several pillows with a spare finger, and waltz away.
The last time I had this at all was working the total joints with one surgeon and his scrub at the last hospital. Before that, it was at that same hospital from years before with the two laparoscopic surgeons. Today, it was more global. I felt no pain in this dance, only a quiet happiness, and I couldn't have stopped smiling even if I'd wanted to.
Full week. Very tired now.
5 comments:
How wonderful! I'm so glad.
sounds euphoric
Lovley to dance through your working day - but what is 'working the total joints'?? I love the phrase and I quite love its total nonsense quality for me, but i still want to know...
FB,
Sorry, jargon. I was the nurse circulating for knee and hip replacement surgery. We refer to them as total joints. There are also total shoulders. Total elbows and ankles are still very rare, and the technology is very new.
If you click the tag for 'surgery' there are, I believe, more complete descriptions.
The quiet happy dance. Something we should all try to experience a little more regularly.
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