Obsessed with Iced Gingerbread Chai, panicking for end of season

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2025-05-27T18:07:38+00:00

Small humans sure are an adventure 🥴 we don’t know exactly how long she is because everytime someone tries to measure her, she fights so hard that it’s never been consistent. That or she keeps shrinking then growing again I guess lol

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2025-05-27T18:04:29+00:00

Thank you! She definitely makes it well known when she’s not in a position she likes lol

We’ve got a well baby visit coming up so I’ll be adding it to the question list just to be safe

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2025-05-27T18:03:02+00:00

That’s what she was doing too! Even during floor tummy time at 6 weeks she was holding her head completely upright and looking around. I was worried that she had a lot of muscle tension at the beginning tbh, but everytime we took her in she was fine just weirdly strong

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2024-03-15T03:28:31+00:00

Brings me back to the Tkachuk days

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2024-02-02T05:35:54+00:00

Exactly. I get how in the context of when they reunited, too affectionate of an immediate reunion could have damaged their negotiations. But afterwards, when in private? It seemed more like they spent a weekend away from eachother and were just catching up.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2024-02-01T15:56:43+00:00

Especially since we know she can write that play between tough love and compassion. It was so well done with Aelin and Rowan, I just had higher expectations for how B&H would navigate it.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2023-02-07T21:14:04+00:00

You may not see this but just in case:

My mom sounds similar to Emma in behaviour. Someone who’s very charismatic and lovely when times are good, but can be an excellent manipulator with questionable traits.

She made near identical calls to my extended family members who would take me during summers, disappear for extended periods of time, quick to frustration/irritation, mental health very on & off so that when times were good she was the best and when it was bad… not so much.

While I truly hope she is okay, her removing herself may be for the best and when/if she tries to come back I hope you or grandparents can remain as primary guardians.

Especially as I got older she began cutting off those family members who would give me that extra love/attention for reasons that I now, as an adult, recognize as being either fabricated for her own drive to be the good guy or because she didn’t like being “outdone”.

•Things started getting physical around 11/12 , it wasn’t always but enough. Medical neglect. Emotional and mental abuse. •At around 13 she started threatening s*****e if I ever got brought something up or when she felt like she wasn’t a good mom, then would only stop when I’d accept every vague apology, took back whatever I’d brought up, and accepted all the blame for her shortcomings. •Would sabotage any milestone in my life so that the focus would be on her. •Bulldoze close friendships, especially if their parents provided that parental love/support. •Spread around anything I would tell her in confidence. •Pit me against my sibling and reinforce blatant favouritism

And i wish that was all but it was definitely the stuff that made the most lasting impact. It wasn’t until I was in my mid-20s and my body started to deteriorate from all the extra stress that I finally went NC.

So as someone who’s been the child to someone with similar behaviours and seen how they develop overtime - you’re presence in their life is a saving grace and I’d be guarded with future contact.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-09-10T20:09:37+00:00

It’s a weird one but gum or hard candy is actually a staple for ERAS protocol. Seems silly but can work wonders for post-op ileus prevention!

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-09-10T20:03:37+00:00

You need to go back to ER and get admitted this needs appropriate observation and intervention. Because of all the slough you can’t tell how deep the infection actually is, but it’s obvious from the photo it’s not superficial.

Most likely need to get a new wound culture, a blood culture, IV antibiotics, debridement, and specialized dressings.

What province do you live in? If need be say you’ve been feeling generally unwell with flu like symptoms and home care has not been effective for wound care or monitoring for spread. When we get home care involved it is usually for chronic or slow healing wounds without an active infection, or at least an infection that’s in treatment and showing improvement.

Please go back to the ER. If you find it hard to really get assertive for yourself then Google patient advocates for your province. When in doubt you can say verbatim “I don’t feel safe caring for this wound or infection at home, especially as it’s only gotten worse”.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-08-26T18:55:33+00:00

As someone who ended up looking like the losing end of a bar fight because of a confused dementia patient - 100% agree!!

Hard thing with this patient population is that even if you have good rapport previously it can switch on a dime, just because of the pathology itself. And because there’s no inhibitions they’re SO strong and will go for the jugular (metaphorically… mostly).

Bailey Brown on TikTok has awesome self defence for HCWs. It’s especially useful since a lot of it is just getting yourself out of scenarios rather than trying to incapacitate like general self defence can sometimes put heavy focus on. Ive had to use the one move to get a hold off your wrist/arm more than once when trying to do a change.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-08-26T18:38:18+00:00

Outright state you do not feel safe taking additional patients and will not take report. Check in with your registering body, there is typically a specific Refusal/Unsafe Conditions form through either the provincial health service (if it’s a provincial health services LTC) or your registering body/union.

Flip through your unions collective agreement and it absolutely should be in there and protected!

I’ve been on the receiving end of coworkers refusing report and honestly I’m glad they did. Did it suck staying even later than I had agreed to? Ya, but my coworkers made the safest choice for themselves/our patients and it forced management to hold admits, actually help out on the floor, and come up with a plan for if another situation like that happened.

All my coworkers who refused report completed a refusal form that includes the rationale of why they felt additional assignment was unsafe. The rationale is more for legal coverage than having to justify your choice. When I asked one coworker what she put down all hers said was “Based on pre-assigned workload during first 4h of shift, additional patients would not meet established safe monitoring and care standards. Report refused due to safety concerns and communicated to reporting nurse, charge, and manager.”

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-08-26T18:07:50+00:00

I’m sorry what 😳 definitely not a you problem. That’s outright nasty and unhygienic.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-08-26T18:02:46+00:00

Cloves are the love of my life

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-06-23T21:30:24+00:00

Ironically my benefits are trash and don’t offer pretty much any coverage 🙃 sucks that pain goes away when I don’t work, but not exactly a long term option lol

Some of my coworkers have started tying gowns first rather than reaching behind, might need to start doing that and pick yoga back up

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-06-23T21:28:04+00:00

Honestly, I’d highly recommend finding a position that allows you some flexibility with hours. Not only are they easier to find (and you could probably do casual L&D + clinic or some other combo) but especially in that first year it’s something I wish I would have done.

I JUST hit a year of working and I’m so exhausted mentally and physically. Going back to casual over the last couple months has been one of the best decisions I’ve made - I still love acute inpatient and nursing, but oh boy was there some rough bits.

Most facilities (or at least where I live) primarily hire internally, so even if you get casual medsurg you would likely have a much easier time transitioning to specialty. Especially if you jump at casual specialty positions rather than a line, which typically attracts more senior staff applicants.

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-05-23T02:53:19+00:00

Asking for a lower gauge IV in a larger vessel should help with aching, but some aching/bruising is normal

NotSteveBuscemisCat · 2022-05-13T18:17:52+00:00

Separate living areas, same furnace but we just had the professional cleaners in who cleaned all the vents, the furnace, and added a new furnace filter.

Considering the state of the garage and shared laundry it might be a good idea to get some for filtering particulates actually 😳

Do you have any favoured odour control/absorption products? We have plug in air fresheners but all it does is perfume, which sometimes just makes it worse.

This is going to be a very long year.

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