Day 2 - Tuesday
The night before, we all decided not to set any alarms - we were all awake before 7am. We awoke to look out the windows and see people running and cycling on the levee. Cars driving down River Road like a regular day. The sun was shining. Yet here we all were, on lockdown at the hospital because A Team was active. Livid was an understatement.
I will refer to my fellow RDs with first initials so you can distinguish them from one another. A and I woke up and needed to take a walk so we threw on some shoes and went over the Southport to check things out. Grabbed coffee, spent some time in the RD office and then decided to head to work upstairs. Apparently my office in the NICU was being used as sleeping quarters for the A Team NICU nurses - not a big deal at all, except that I needed to get stuff out of my office. Unfortunately I had to bother the ladies, grab my binder and do some printing. I grabbed a C.O.W. and posted up in our administrative assistant's office and started my work. Since we had a nursing station in our "camp" I was just gathering my assessments and then decided I would chart and print notes at our campsite.
A and I apparently had the same idea because she met me over there and we charted away. Our lunch consisted of my homemade biscotti, some freeze dried fruit and pistachios. I think we were still in denial about having to eat cafeteria food. S and K were still over in the hospital side doing their work and eventually they made their way back to camp. Up to this point...it still doesn't really look much like a hurricane outside - just some wind and rain.
A and I couldn't take a day without showering, so we decided to hit the gym - thank goodness we have one at the big O. A nice hill workout and then a shower was a nice break from the "work" of living in a hospital for a hurricane. It also helped me feel less lazy.
Tuesday evening events were pretty standard as if we all were at home. All of us were in our jambes, lounging around and watching tv and playing on the internet. It was like we were all just chilling at work. The winds were picking up and we could watch everything through our big windows. Eventually, we all passed out.
The night before, we all decided not to set any alarms - we were all awake before 7am. We awoke to look out the windows and see people running and cycling on the levee. Cars driving down River Road like a regular day. The sun was shining. Yet here we all were, on lockdown at the hospital because A Team was active. Livid was an understatement.
I will refer to my fellow RDs with first initials so you can distinguish them from one another. A and I woke up and needed to take a walk so we threw on some shoes and went over the Southport to check things out. Grabbed coffee, spent some time in the RD office and then decided to head to work upstairs. Apparently my office in the NICU was being used as sleeping quarters for the A Team NICU nurses - not a big deal at all, except that I needed to get stuff out of my office. Unfortunately I had to bother the ladies, grab my binder and do some printing. I grabbed a C.O.W. and posted up in our administrative assistant's office and started my work. Since we had a nursing station in our "camp" I was just gathering my assessments and then decided I would chart and print notes at our campsite.
A and I apparently had the same idea because she met me over there and we charted away. Our lunch consisted of my homemade biscotti, some freeze dried fruit and pistachios. I think we were still in denial about having to eat cafeteria food. S and K were still over in the hospital side doing their work and eventually they made their way back to camp. Up to this point...it still doesn't really look much like a hurricane outside - just some wind and rain.
A and I couldn't take a day without showering, so we decided to hit the gym - thank goodness we have one at the big O. A nice hill workout and then a shower was a nice break from the "work" of living in a hospital for a hurricane. It also helped me feel less lazy.
Tuesday evening events were pretty standard as if we all were at home. All of us were in our jambes, lounging around and watching tv and playing on the internet. It was like we were all just chilling at work. The winds were picking up and we could watch everything through our big windows. Eventually, we all passed out.
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