Well this would have to be one of those amazing milestones that probably only parents (mainly mothers) get all excited about!
Well Miss Holly was sick of the view from lying on her back and decided that she would roll over on her own onto her front! They just to show how smart she is, she rolled back onto her back! We have been waiting for this day to come as she has been rooling up onto her side for awhile now but flopping back down onto her back again. NOT ANYMORE!
Guess this is the start of the eyes in the back of my head stage too. No more leaving her in certain places now that there is a chance that she can roll off. We look forward to the next time that she can do her new "trick"! Farmer Brown saw her do it too so I know that I was not just making it up! He was so proud of his little girl. She rocks!
It is always fun to go into her room in the mornings and discovering where she has crept too in the cot during the night. I always ask her about her adventures during her first feed of the day, but she is not giving up any secrets dam it! Guess we will just have to leave that up to my imagination to fill in haha!
Truely a special day. Well done my little angel xxx
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
A Wicked Day on Duty...
Was only duty today and had an awesome shift. Maybe not so for the patients though...overdose, cardiac arrest and a mva/stroke! I got to look after the first and last patients and drive the second one under lights and siren to hospital!
The overdose patient took 62 panadol, 102 citalopram and a handfull of diazepam that was meant for animals! Status 2 and very drowsey as to be expected taking that cocktail.
The cardiac arrest was awesome as we got ROSC! The paid officer I was on with was at Subway getting his lunch when the job came in. I went out side to wait for him as the pager said it was an unconscious collapse with good resps. The second truck got sent on a job shortly after and I didn't know what or where they were going. Next thing the station phone rings and my partner says we are doing CPR on the Main Street! Holy crap! So with no ambulances at the station I had to run up to the main street and find them. Turned out thats where the other truck had gone but she too thought she was going to another job! So after nearly have a cardiac arrest myself from running (about 2 blocks from the station) I turned up at the scene. The patient had collapsed in the middle of the main street, no one had started CPR until my partner arrived but at least he wasn't too long without compressions. Once we had ROSC we got him in the back of the truck and headed for hospital. Found out later on that the patient had a Not For Resus order! Don't you hate it when you work your arse off and then discover that. We weren't to know and did the right thing by working on him.
As a breast feeding mum, we all had a big laugh back at the station about my running to the scene. For one thing, I am no athelete and definately not built for speed! The other crews thought it was a big joke that poor Holly was going to have milkshakes or cappicinos for her dinner when I get home to feed her due to my running!
The other thing that was funny about this job was we left one of the ambulances on scene for the Police to drive back to our station. When we got back to station the ambulance was locked up and we couldn't find the keys! I said to my partner: "God we had better not get a another job right now, because there is no way that I am running to another job today!" After a look in all the obvious places we resorted to ringing the Police station but they were not answering the phones, so my partner walked to their station and what do you know, the keys to our ambulance were there! Woop woop no running to jobs for me!
The mva/stroke happened in the carpark of the local Mitre 10. Poor little of lady was driving away but still in the carpark when she had a stroke. Drove her car up and over the carpark garden! Complete left sided weakness. Another status 2 patient. She as has AF as a normal condition for her. She also had a pacemaker fitted which was good as I was wondering why her rhythm strip looked strange to me. She went straight into Resus and received treatment for her clot straight away!
So I had a fantastic day on duty. Two status 2 patients and one status 1 patient. Farmer Brown looked after Holly so that I could do a whole day, which I appreciate very much! Great to get back into the saddle and build my confidence.
Thank you to everyone who made it happen for me!
The overdose patient took 62 panadol, 102 citalopram and a handfull of diazepam that was meant for animals! Status 2 and very drowsey as to be expected taking that cocktail.
The cardiac arrest was awesome as we got ROSC! The paid officer I was on with was at Subway getting his lunch when the job came in. I went out side to wait for him as the pager said it was an unconscious collapse with good resps. The second truck got sent on a job shortly after and I didn't know what or where they were going. Next thing the station phone rings and my partner says we are doing CPR on the Main Street! Holy crap! So with no ambulances at the station I had to run up to the main street and find them. Turned out thats where the other truck had gone but she too thought she was going to another job! So after nearly have a cardiac arrest myself from running (about 2 blocks from the station) I turned up at the scene. The patient had collapsed in the middle of the main street, no one had started CPR until my partner arrived but at least he wasn't too long without compressions. Once we had ROSC we got him in the back of the truck and headed for hospital. Found out later on that the patient had a Not For Resus order! Don't you hate it when you work your arse off and then discover that. We weren't to know and did the right thing by working on him.
As a breast feeding mum, we all had a big laugh back at the station about my running to the scene. For one thing, I am no athelete and definately not built for speed! The other crews thought it was a big joke that poor Holly was going to have milkshakes or cappicinos for her dinner when I get home to feed her due to my running!
The other thing that was funny about this job was we left one of the ambulances on scene for the Police to drive back to our station. When we got back to station the ambulance was locked up and we couldn't find the keys! I said to my partner: "God we had better not get a another job right now, because there is no way that I am running to another job today!" After a look in all the obvious places we resorted to ringing the Police station but they were not answering the phones, so my partner walked to their station and what do you know, the keys to our ambulance were there! Woop woop no running to jobs for me!
The mva/stroke happened in the carpark of the local Mitre 10. Poor little of lady was driving away but still in the carpark when she had a stroke. Drove her car up and over the carpark garden! Complete left sided weakness. Another status 2 patient. She as has AF as a normal condition for her. She also had a pacemaker fitted which was good as I was wondering why her rhythm strip looked strange to me. She went straight into Resus and received treatment for her clot straight away!
So I had a fantastic day on duty. Two status 2 patients and one status 1 patient. Farmer Brown looked after Holly so that I could do a whole day, which I appreciate very much! Great to get back into the saddle and build my confidence.
Thank you to everyone who made it happen for me!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Getting moving
Well our little one is now 14 weeks old, can you believe that! She has had her second lot of immunisation injections. She coped very well with them. Was back to her usual self after a couple of days. Just found her to be a little grizzly, unsettled and sleeping more than normal, but this was to be expected.
Holly is becoming more active and moving around independantly now. She can roll up onto her side but then she flops down again onto her back. Plenty of time to master the "roll over" yet as she is still pretty little to be doing that!
She likes to play a game with me in the mornings now. I put her to bed in the same position in her cot each night. In her sleep sack and towards the foot end of the cot. In the morning when I go in to get her I just never know what position she will be in, but one thing is for sure, she won't be where I left her the night before! She can turn herself around 180 degrees, creep backwards up the cot so her head is touching the headboard cot and turn herself so she is sleeping across the cot. Her best effort yet was this morning when she managed to combine all of her previous efforts. She was turned around 180 degrees up the top of the cot wedged in the corner with her head touching the rails and kicking her feet against the headboard! She is in a hurry to go place I think. But then again when I do think about it she was so active while I was pregnant with her that I guess that it would only carry on in the outside world for her!
She is also sleeping through the night now which is just awesome! She normally goes to sleep around 9.00-9.30pm and doesn't wake again until 7.00am. Just love having a good nights sleep myself and having a bit of time in the morning to get a few jobs done and eat my own breakfast before she is up and ready for her first feed of the day.
We have settled into a great routine now. Have found that now she is just that little bit older Farmer Brown is more confident with her and helps out more. He looks after her while I go and do my Ambulance shifts. I was only doing about 4 hours but am now doing about 8 hours. Will hopefully graduate up to a full 12 hour shift one day!
I am also back in the cowshed every second weekend relief milking with Farmer Brown. I only milk in the afternoons and Holly goes up to her Nannys. They just love spending time together. Good for both of them and for me too as it means that I am getting back to my normal routine of things.
Next Plunket visit we are going to be discussing having Holly start on solids. This seems too soon to me but thats just because I think that she is just a wee baby girl still and I don't want her to grow up too fast! But at the same time it is really exciting to see her developing and maturing!
People were right when they said to me, enjoy her while she is so little as that changes very quickly!
Holly is becoming more active and moving around independantly now. She can roll up onto her side but then she flops down again onto her back. Plenty of time to master the "roll over" yet as she is still pretty little to be doing that!
She likes to play a game with me in the mornings now. I put her to bed in the same position in her cot each night. In her sleep sack and towards the foot end of the cot. In the morning when I go in to get her I just never know what position she will be in, but one thing is for sure, she won't be where I left her the night before! She can turn herself around 180 degrees, creep backwards up the cot so her head is touching the headboard cot and turn herself so she is sleeping across the cot. Her best effort yet was this morning when she managed to combine all of her previous efforts. She was turned around 180 degrees up the top of the cot wedged in the corner with her head touching the rails and kicking her feet against the headboard! She is in a hurry to go place I think. But then again when I do think about it she was so active while I was pregnant with her that I guess that it would only carry on in the outside world for her!
She is also sleeping through the night now which is just awesome! She normally goes to sleep around 9.00-9.30pm and doesn't wake again until 7.00am. Just love having a good nights sleep myself and having a bit of time in the morning to get a few jobs done and eat my own breakfast before she is up and ready for her first feed of the day.
We have settled into a great routine now. Have found that now she is just that little bit older Farmer Brown is more confident with her and helps out more. He looks after her while I go and do my Ambulance shifts. I was only doing about 4 hours but am now doing about 8 hours. Will hopefully graduate up to a full 12 hour shift one day!
I am also back in the cowshed every second weekend relief milking with Farmer Brown. I only milk in the afternoons and Holly goes up to her Nannys. They just love spending time together. Good for both of them and for me too as it means that I am getting back to my normal routine of things.
Next Plunket visit we are going to be discussing having Holly start on solids. This seems too soon to me but thats just because I think that she is just a wee baby girl still and I don't want her to grow up too fast! But at the same time it is really exciting to see her developing and maturing!
People were right when they said to me, enjoy her while she is so little as that changes very quickly!
A bit of excitment to start the day off...
So had a bit of excitement today on the way to Hamilton...
Came across an accident involving a small bus carrying 11 people! First thought...OH SHIT! Second thought...you can do this! It was up the road from us by the Tiharoa Hall on those nasty corners where accidents happen all the time. Cars coming towards me down the hill were waving at us to slow down. I was thinking, oh dear what is waiting around the corner for me...oh just purple coloured bus with its front smashed in blocking the south down hill lane! There were two other cars that had been travelling behind the bus on scene too. I slowed (no cars behind me but really dangerous place to stop) and asked if everyone was ok and was told there were no injuries. I asked if anyone had called the police or an ambulance. Was told they had no cell phone reception so I said I would go up the hill and call for help and that I would be straight back. After my call to 111 I returned to the scene much to the relief of the other present.
Parked as far off the road as I could as I had Holly in the back, asleep thank goodness, but I knew she would be safe in the car. Traffic coming down the hill was causing me concern as they we coming upon the scene fast and as there was diesel on the road I was worried a secondary accident would occur. I got one of the other people who stopped to go up to the corner and wave the traffice down until the Police arrived. Worked a charm thank goodness! Asked the other car if they could tell me what had happened. It was raining and the bus had come down the hill round the corner and the back end lost traction skidding and slamming into the bank on the wrong side of the road, then travelling back to the correct side of the road but blocking the lane completely! The windscreen had come out completely and there was debris all over the road from the dashboard of the bus.
The bus was a private tour company carrying 3 Korean families on their way to Waitomo. Thankfully there were at least two on board who spoke english. Did a quick triage of 11 patients and was really pleased to find that none were seriously hurt. One had possible fractured forearm and sprained ankle. Another had a large laceration to her shin bone and a small boy had hit his head and complained of shoulder pain. Everyone else had bumps and bruises but nothing major. Thankfully everyone had been wearing their seat belts otherwise I would hate to think what I would have found otherwise. Can't believe the driver wasn't hurt as the front of the bus where he was sitting took most of the impact and he walked away with no injuries! He was really shaken though.
Meantime in my head I am thinking, where the hell are the Police and Ambulances! I tell you what it does seem like a lifetime waiting for them to arrive. I was only on scene for just over half an hour but it seemed like forever until they all arrived. Police turned up first, 2 cars. Then two ambulances followed by an Responce jeep and then the Fire Truck! Hehe I thought to myself look at me getting all these emergency service people to come to my patients aid! Didn't care if it was a bit of over kill, I was just happy to see other people!
I did my hand over and then got back in the car and drove on to Hamilton like nothing had happened! First time I have come across an accident since starting ambulance. Am really glad that there were no serious injuries and that I could deal with all those people on my own. I keep going back to the car to check on Holly, but she just kept on sleeping like the amazing baby she is! Funny how instincts just kick in when faced with something like that. I think the best thing I did was remember to slow down and breath because man the adrenaline was pumping through me thats for sure!
I knew one of the ambo crews and found out later that 4 were transported to Waikato and another friend who is a nurse at a Medical Centre in Te Awamutu said the other 7 ended up there for the afternoon! Think I might have had the easy part in the end!
Anyway I felt very pleased with my efforts. Felt really great to have my training kick in when I needed it. Was different than being on duty as I am always with someone else who has more senior qualification than me and they normally take the lead. This time it was all up to me and I did good!
Well that was all. Just wanted to share my exciting morning with you!
Came across an accident involving a small bus carrying 11 people! First thought...OH SHIT! Second thought...you can do this! It was up the road from us by the Tiharoa Hall on those nasty corners where accidents happen all the time. Cars coming towards me down the hill were waving at us to slow down. I was thinking, oh dear what is waiting around the corner for me...oh just purple coloured bus with its front smashed in blocking the south down hill lane! There were two other cars that had been travelling behind the bus on scene too. I slowed (no cars behind me but really dangerous place to stop) and asked if everyone was ok and was told there were no injuries. I asked if anyone had called the police or an ambulance. Was told they had no cell phone reception so I said I would go up the hill and call for help and that I would be straight back. After my call to 111 I returned to the scene much to the relief of the other present.
Parked as far off the road as I could as I had Holly in the back, asleep thank goodness, but I knew she would be safe in the car. Traffic coming down the hill was causing me concern as they we coming upon the scene fast and as there was diesel on the road I was worried a secondary accident would occur. I got one of the other people who stopped to go up to the corner and wave the traffice down until the Police arrived. Worked a charm thank goodness! Asked the other car if they could tell me what had happened. It was raining and the bus had come down the hill round the corner and the back end lost traction skidding and slamming into the bank on the wrong side of the road, then travelling back to the correct side of the road but blocking the lane completely! The windscreen had come out completely and there was debris all over the road from the dashboard of the bus.
The bus was a private tour company carrying 3 Korean families on their way to Waitomo. Thankfully there were at least two on board who spoke english. Did a quick triage of 11 patients and was really pleased to find that none were seriously hurt. One had possible fractured forearm and sprained ankle. Another had a large laceration to her shin bone and a small boy had hit his head and complained of shoulder pain. Everyone else had bumps and bruises but nothing major. Thankfully everyone had been wearing their seat belts otherwise I would hate to think what I would have found otherwise. Can't believe the driver wasn't hurt as the front of the bus where he was sitting took most of the impact and he walked away with no injuries! He was really shaken though.
Meantime in my head I am thinking, where the hell are the Police and Ambulances! I tell you what it does seem like a lifetime waiting for them to arrive. I was only on scene for just over half an hour but it seemed like forever until they all arrived. Police turned up first, 2 cars. Then two ambulances followed by an Responce jeep and then the Fire Truck! Hehe I thought to myself look at me getting all these emergency service people to come to my patients aid! Didn't care if it was a bit of over kill, I was just happy to see other people!
I did my hand over and then got back in the car and drove on to Hamilton like nothing had happened! First time I have come across an accident since starting ambulance. Am really glad that there were no serious injuries and that I could deal with all those people on my own. I keep going back to the car to check on Holly, but she just kept on sleeping like the amazing baby she is! Funny how instincts just kick in when faced with something like that. I think the best thing I did was remember to slow down and breath because man the adrenaline was pumping through me thats for sure!
I knew one of the ambo crews and found out later that 4 were transported to Waikato and another friend who is a nurse at a Medical Centre in Te Awamutu said the other 7 ended up there for the afternoon! Think I might have had the easy part in the end!
Anyway I felt very pleased with my efforts. Felt really great to have my training kick in when I needed it. Was different than being on duty as I am always with someone else who has more senior qualification than me and they normally take the lead. This time it was all up to me and I did good!
Well that was all. Just wanted to share my exciting morning with you!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Goodbye 2012 and Hello 2013
So I guess you could say that 2012 was a pretty great year for us! Got pregnant unexpectedly and then gave birth to our perfect little girl in October! I think we will be hard pushed to have a better year to be honest! But then again we will be able to enjoy all the "firsts" from our little girl...teething, rolling over, crawling, walking etc.
Holly has started the new year off to a fantastic start by managing somehow to turn herself around 180 degrees in her cot last night! Couldn't believe it when I went into get her this morning when she woke up! I must admit she did look rather pleased with herself! And so it begins I guess. She is not 12 weeks old and next week she is due her second lot of immunisations and has the WOF check with Plunket. Can't wait to see her progress. She is such a little treasure and I can't believe how lucky I am to have her as my daughter.
On the work front, I have started back doing part Ambulance shifts, which is just fantastic. Man I didn't realise how much I had missed it until I did my first shift back. I was even nervous, if you could believe that. I work with such great permanent crews. They are more than happy for you to do part shifts and to be the "beautiful assisstant" for as long as you want! Not that I want to be in that role for too long!
I have also started back relief milking with Farmer Brown. Am only working in the afternoons as I don't think I really need to get up any earlier than I need too. I think I have enough early morning responsibilities with Miss Holly! Anyway...Holly goes up to stay with Nanny while I am down in the shed. Nanny loves having her come and to stay for the couple of hours that I am away. Even Granddad likes having her up there too. He was telling me the other night how much he had enjoyed having a cuddle with Miss Holly on her visit up there.
So we look forward to the coming year and the challenges and excitement that it will bring. I look forward to continuing my own grow in my return to full duties with Ambulance. More importantly I look forward to seeing my little girl continue to change and grow up into a beautiful little girl. I also look forward to spending quality time with my fabulous husband Farmer Brown. He does so much in looking after and providing for Miss Holly and myself.
Take care out there everyone and bring on the New Year!
Holly has started the new year off to a fantastic start by managing somehow to turn herself around 180 degrees in her cot last night! Couldn't believe it when I went into get her this morning when she woke up! I must admit she did look rather pleased with herself! And so it begins I guess. She is not 12 weeks old and next week she is due her second lot of immunisations and has the WOF check with Plunket. Can't wait to see her progress. She is such a little treasure and I can't believe how lucky I am to have her as my daughter.
On the work front, I have started back doing part Ambulance shifts, which is just fantastic. Man I didn't realise how much I had missed it until I did my first shift back. I was even nervous, if you could believe that. I work with such great permanent crews. They are more than happy for you to do part shifts and to be the "beautiful assisstant" for as long as you want! Not that I want to be in that role for too long!
I have also started back relief milking with Farmer Brown. Am only working in the afternoons as I don't think I really need to get up any earlier than I need too. I think I have enough early morning responsibilities with Miss Holly! Anyway...Holly goes up to stay with Nanny while I am down in the shed. Nanny loves having her come and to stay for the couple of hours that I am away. Even Granddad likes having her up there too. He was telling me the other night how much he had enjoyed having a cuddle with Miss Holly on her visit up there.
So we look forward to the coming year and the challenges and excitement that it will bring. I look forward to continuing my own grow in my return to full duties with Ambulance. More importantly I look forward to seeing my little girl continue to change and grow up into a beautiful little girl. I also look forward to spending quality time with my fabulous husband Farmer Brown. He does so much in looking after and providing for Miss Holly and myself.
Take care out there everyone and bring on the New Year!
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