Monthly Archives: October 2007

Dear All,
First night out of three overnight shifts.
Woot.
I think.
Yours,
Deutschy.

Dear All,
Work is very much under con­trol. All has been sor­ted for now (as ever) and I am put­ting my feet up for the moment and per­us­ing the Tao:
“63:
Act in repose;
Be at rest when you work;
Rel­ish unflavored things.
Great or small,
Fre­quent or rare,
Requite anger with vir­tue.
Take hard jobs in hand
While they are easy;
And great affairs too
While they […]

Me [to unwell patient]: So, in order to mon­itor your fluid bal­ance we’re going to have to put in a urin­ary cath­eter to watch how much urine you’re put­ting out.
Old ador­able lady with demen­tia in the next bed: Can I have one too?
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