5/5/08 where oh where did my brain go?
What has been with my brain lately? I feel as if I have a late stage of dementia or something. I can't seem to remember anything anymore. My kids have no names. EVER. " Where's you're older brother"? " What's the baby doing?" " Where'd the girl go"? "Hey, little one" !! " Hey, medium one !" Sadly enough my kids have learned to respond to my indicators. And as if that isn't bad enough, even my animals have no names. I have "big" dog and "little" dog. The thing is, is that both dogs are the same size (small). My husband answers to Hey, or Arrrrhhhh. Which ever comes out first. I feel bad for them, I just can't help it. There's so many names that I have to remember (6 kids, husband, 2 dogs and whatever else my kids bring home). I also have to remember my coworkers names as well as volunteers and yes, of course, my patients names.
There
was this one time that I had a certain patient under my care and she
stayed on my unit for about a week. This whole week I was calling her
Sarah. Well, the day that she was going home, she came up to me to say
good bye. As she was leaving, I said " Bye Sarah, I wish you all the
best". As she was walking out of the door she stated " Hun, my name is
Carol, but I like the name Sarah, so I didn't mind so much". OMG, How
dumb I felt, and what was even worse, I was her nurse. Ssshhh , don't
tell.
I got a new FYI, it's on kidney infection's