Are Your Kidney's OK??

So March 13th was World Kidney Day. Being a renal nurse my fellow nurses and I decided we should definitely participate. Last year we did a traveling road show throughout our hospital, educating non-renal nurses on the care of our delicate patient population. This year we had more time to plan so we decided to do a community health screening open to the general public. Being the chairperson for our unit-based council, I was sort of elected to head things up. We started planning at the end of last summer and met monthly until the big day. None of us had ever done anything like this so we called on the advice and expertise of marketing, administration and many more. I was way stressed about the whole thing and woke up about 3 times the night before. We had no idea how many people were going to show up so we decided to limit the number we would screen to keep it manageable. The screening started at 8am but there was a lobby full of people by 7:15. We were mobbed throughout the morning but managed to handle it all. The day turned out to be a great success and we all breathed a sigh of relief. I think though someone else can be in charge next year.

Bump In The Night

So one of the awesome things about pregnancy (sarcasm here) is that you are totally drooling asleep at 8:30pm and wake about every 2-3 hrs to pee. This morning about 2:15 I woke up to pee and just when I caught the edge of sleep I heard a noise. I didn't think anything of it at first, it sounded like the dog coming up the stairs. But then I realized both dogs were in the room with us....hmmm. Don't freak out, I told myself and tried desperately to fall back to sleep. Then I heard it again. Ok, wake up the man sleeping next to you and have him check it out. So after about the third "JOSH," he woke up. I explained what he heard and our protector went off to check it out. He gave the whole house the once-over and came back to the room. I felt a little better after that, but still wanted to be sure. I decided to go downstairs and let out our ferocious schnauzer to get the bad guys lurking outside. He had been out for a few minutes and just as I was calling him back in, he barked and someone/something made the scariest noise I'd ever heard. Josh came back upstairs, he'd been checking the basement again, said "close the door and get upstairs" I was frozen and shaking, I don't know if I've ever been so freaked out in my life. He grabbed his hunting rifle and I called the cops. A few minutes later the nice officer checked out everything outside, put our minds at ease and left. We were still feeling a little jittery, but able to get back to sleep. Now just so you don't think we were over-reacting, I will tell you that we have had problems with break-ins in the neighborhood and last year one of our neighbors was held up at gunpoint in her own driveway (just around the corner from us). I like to think of the town we live in as a little rough, so I don't think it hurts to be overly cautious. I hate being afraid in my own house.

It's Been A While

Ok, so some time has passed since my last post. I have to say this pregnancy is taking a toll on me. I remember being tired with my first, but this is ridiculous. I have about zero energy and battle little waves of nausea all day. The weather's no help either. It's been a constant miserable grey, cold drizzle and if I don't see a stinkin' flower soon I might scream. My house, which I usually am very particular about, is in mild disarray. And every time I feel like every time the laundry's caught up, the friggin' hamper is full again. This is going to be a very busy week at work for me as Thursday is officially "World Kidney Day" and I have put a lot of time and energy into planning it. Please pray that my energy holds out and that I survive the week. Until I write again....