Diary of your favorite nurse

When I see women with their 6th , 7th ,8th ... pregnancy in this century, I mean these times we're in now; all I say is wow, just wow, you're the real MVP! Or do you have a better reaction?🤷 Feel free to lend me. Let me tell you the story of a woman with pregnancy number ten,  yes you read right 1 2 3 4 ...10!  Tenth pregnancy, 7girls , 2boys ; lost one girl and one boy; left with 6girls and one boy. She clearly wanted more boys . Well it was time for delivery and like her other pregnancies, she expected to go in and come out with the baby after sometime, but the forces that be had something different in stock for her! Trust me not to keep any part of the gist from you , so keep reading! On the day of delivery , she went to the hospital (I'm glad that she at least went to the hospital ) . Erm, by the way did I mention that she was in her forties? I probably skipped that. Being in her forties put her at some risks of some complications associated with child birth. She sudde...

 "The Egyptians you see today, you shall see them no more!"    If you're a christian in Nigeria and you don't know this line, I'm going to have  your christianity checked asap!!  The "amen" that usually follows can best be described as  thunderous and ear-splitting. Enough to actually send the Egyptians into extinction.    But  erm *clears throat* , you see the Egyptians I saw today, even my pastor will want to see them again. What I'm trying to say in essence is *clears throat again* , I won't be joining y'all to say amen again to that prayer point, no please, not after the  kind of fine guys I saw today🙈.  You mean this is the level of handsomeness we have been praying against?? Haba no now (o wrong now 😋😂) And please, don't attempt to convince me that we were manufactured from the same Sand, you'd be wasting your time, "honezzli"🤣 Theirs must have been sharp sand. These guys are sharp!  I was admiring one that seemed ...

 I bet you never knew before now you always thought each time a woman takes in it's called pregnancy. I thought so too but today I know better and guess what , I'm about to school you for free!😜. Let's roll!! Usually when a patient comes to labour ward, history taking involves asking the woman how many times she has been pregnant. The reply most times is "I don first get 2 children, this one go make am 3". So we go further to explain that it includes miscarriages, abortions and stillbirths, that's when we get our actual answer. This day I had a patient so  I asked her the same question. She answered "this is my sixth pregnancy" so I went further , then she answered "abortion shuuuuu, that na normal thing" . It was at this point she schooled me. (Feel free to get a pen and "jot things down *in josh2funny's voice*) "The one wey we get for husband house na pregnancy, but before husband house when we dey do guys that one na Belle...

 It's hard for me to exactly pinpoint what lesson I'm bringing out from this story. I'm even uncertain who the story revolves around— the new mom, her husband, her mother in-law or 🤷. I think I'd just tell the story. One day while on duty as the only nurse in neonatal unit , a baby was brought from the labour ward, freshly delivered, new to planet Earth. Unfortunately she wasn't in a great condition. I'm going to try to describe the situation as good as I can without using any medical jargon. Her temperature was subnormal, her sugar level was ridiculously low, the level of oxygen saturation was scary, you could hear her labouring to breathe— she was grunting, the palms and sole were somewhat blue.   Her situation required immediate attention , so I sent the father to get a case note while I  swung to action with the unit doctor. There's probably no way I would have discovered all those abnormalities if I hadn't started attending to her. The sugar test w...

 If I want to spend the rest of my working days laughing hard, watching dramas and  maybe feature in some, replaying  scenes from work in my head and laughing uncontrollably in my car , on the street or wherever I find myself ; I'd definitely specialize in psychiatry! Yesso, psychiatry. Two months of psychiatric posting and I watched more comedy movies than has ever been produced by any film industry, moreso they were 100% original. Should we copy Netflix and call it PSY original?🤷🤣 Now go back and read, there's absolutely no where I said  all you do in psychiatry is watch comedy show and laugh on the contrary, there's so much work. Kudos to any medic who chooses pyschiatry👊. Apart from your work, you're exposed to high level violence. Your patients can attack you at anytime following instructions from their commandants who are not visible or audible to us.  Dear citizens of DOYFN Nation , I was at work one day, there wasn't anything to do at that moment but ...

 Did you enjoy the last baby story? Well if you did ,you're in luck because this is another baby story! This one is shorter with less drama, but maybe a little more emotions and guess what— it's the daddy this time!🥰🤗🙈. Anyways, I'd leave you to decide which ingredient is more; drama or emotions. Again I had another pregnant mother who was also a Soon to be first time mom. I already told you the special bond and love I have for first time moms. Every mom is special, whether it's the first or twentieth child. It's the change of status that interests me.  Anyways , for some reason which I don't exactly remember now, she was told she might need a caeserian section. The husband who wasn't so learned didn't object surprisingly ,but money was an issue. For someone his status, one would expect him to say things like "no, we dey forbid am", "nobody for my family use operation born", "I dey carry am go meet my mama , she go must born b...