Then it twitches!

Not only does the Shaldon twitch around my neck in time with my heart, my practical instruction heart also twitches sometimes...

“You’re going to be a really bad patient,” I was told several times. But why? I'm really polite, bring my tray out myself, walk down to dialysis myself and try to cause as little trouble as possible. So why?

“Well, you’ll be watching them, you can’t help it!”

Yes, I can, I consciously look out the window when I see infusions being started and stopped. If I risk a look, I'll bite my tongue. “Stop, you have to rinse. Stop, this is the wrong disinfectant. Please take down the bed railing. The cuff is incorrectly fitted. The blood sample has to go into the warming container immediately - but you don't have one, you didn't document my blood pressure, why didn't you ask me about pain when I took it?" But no, I'm quiet. After all, I don’t want any laxatives in my coffee….

Still, I find it difficult. I think I'm a very strict and picky practice instructor, but it's also important to me that everything is correct.

But: “Sandra, you are now a patient!”

Amen.

By the way, today is the second PE and then I was able to go to further training. Funnily enough, topic: dialysis catheters.

The circulation was in the basement after that, so I probably overestimated my energy. Starting tomorrow there will probably be a break because my coagulation is too bad and I don't want to bleed to death. It may continue on Monday, depending on how well my liver is working.