Super fun. Natalie was all jazzed up to see Santa until she saw him, then got crazy shy in her normal fashion. Oh well. Every kid needs a pouty picture on Santa's lap, right? lol At least she talked to him! :)
In other news, I know there are most of you that I "talk" to on facebook or may have talked to you since I've shared, but I just *need* to share it here too. I got a new position at work!!! When we moved here I applied to the Heme/Onc Special Care Unit and the PICU. Unfortunately for me as an RN, kids who have cancer around here and need intense treatments & bone marrow transplant (the kind of practice that I've always done) they go all the way to Boston. (A bit too much of a commute for me!) So HSCU hired me & I've been working with adults. I've learned a ton & the people I work with are *amazing* (Seriously. I could go on & on about how fabulous they are!), but I still feel sad going to work. I miss taking care of kids so much it hurts! So on a whim I checked out the jobs board & low & behold they had positions posted for both the peds unit and the PICU (that one I applied for over the summer never got filled). Well I talked to my supervisor and begrudgingly asked if I could apply. She took one look at me and said, "I just knew it was coming!" with a smile. She's wonderful. :) So I applied for both & was interviewed for both on Thursday. (PICU said they never got my application this summer. Weird). Anyway, oddly enough I got a call from HR on Sunday morning offering me the choice of either position!!! OMG! After meeting with them both I decided I felt PICU was the better fit for me, so that's what I chose. AHHH!!! I'm so unbelievably excited! I'm nervous because I have so much to learn, but I'm super stoked to be taking care of little ones again. With med doses I understand. With cartoons, and baby dolls, and child life, and toys, and... cuteness! And for some reason, in my twisted little head, taking care of really sick kids is better than taking care of really sick adults. With adults, they just seem sad. And they suffer so much and to me it feels like it's all futile. We do all of these awful things to them to save their lives & more often than not it feels like we just cause more suffering until there's no more that we can do. When kids are really sick, I still always feel like there's hope. That they have this potential full life ahead of them just waiting until they get over this hurdle that they're going through. No one wants to see a child hurt, but I always took pride in being a part of what made them better! I can't wait to be a part of that again! :)
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