Someone's sick at the office today...

I'm staying late and extending hours in the office today to look after Kuya Bert, my officemate who just had an excruciatingly painful and weakening experience....heartache? naaah, that can't be excruciatingly painful, or could it? I'm talking about hours of intense abdominal pain, LBM, and vomiting. It has finally subsided, praise God! though his tummy's still a bit painful so I'm giving him time to rest before waking him up to have him continue resting at home. I've been through the same thing, woke up at 3 am before the first day of my final exams back in college, so I know how it feels to be dehydrated, so weak and in pain all at the same time- and all that on such a stressfully important day! It was my friends (2nd year college buds Francis, Gladys, and Belle) who made that day even possible for me so now it's my turn to pay it forward, aside from the fact that I'm really his only choice for a caregiver. Nakakatawa lang talaga when nurses take care of each other in a non-healthcare setting such as the office.

Scenario:
Kat: (talking to Kuya Bert's patient over the phone) Thank you so much for the successful transmission. I'll just inform Bert, the lead nurse for ______ regarding this and he will be calling you later to inform you about your schedule...
Kuya Bert: Whaaa (vomiting) Di ko na kaya talaga
Kat: (to patient) or if he won't be able to call today then I'll have him call you tomorrow. Have a great day!

I dealt with the patients while Kuya Bert was lying on the floor with a few blankets and a pail on his side, complaining and feeling so helpless with the pain and continuous LBM and vomiting. Kuya Lem, who was supposed to go home early that day was stressed, no longer because he wasn't able to go home early as planned, but more because he's about to go on leave tonight to fetch his wife at the airport pero mukhang mapupurnada pa. (We're all 4 nurses in the office and one's already on leave. Kuya Bert and I are the only ones who're supposed to go on duty tonight so changes would have to be made if he won't be able to make it to work.) While attending to Kuya Bert, I assured Kuya Lem that Kuya Bert will be ok soon- which wouldn't qualify for a false reassurance because I had previous experience and scientific knowledge to base on naman. He would still be needing rest though, but he can just go tonight and rest in the office, I'll take care of all our patients the best way I can; he only has to be around so I wouldn't have to serve duty alone especially since I'm on probation and I'm just supposed to be everyone's assistant.

It was Kuya Lem who bought Gatorade for him, which was another funny scenario, because he just left the big bottle on Kuya Bert's side on the floor and he was like, "Ano ba namang klaseng nurse to? Ganyan ko na yan inumin?" in his Ilonggo accent while I was laughing at the background, getting a glass from the pantry.

We then remembered that we had emergency people at the building and after calling them to ask for HNBB (Buscopan), someone came immediately to assess his condition. Communication was made with the doctor and we were about to call for an ambulance to bring him to the nearest ER as per Kuya Bert's plea but the doctor advised against it, thank God:)

And now, after two doses of Buscopan, he's been sleeping at our free room for almost two hours already so hopefully, he's on his way to a fast recovery. Father God let your healing touch be upon him and his entire body, we ask this in Jesus' name, amen.

I'll wake him up in a few minutes. Thanks to blogger for keeping me awake and busy while I let the time pass. Now that I'm almost done, I'm not even sure if this is blog-worthy but kudos to myself for amazingly, being able to write a post this long in my desire to kill the time...sayang naman if I don't post it. meow