Catching Up?!

Its been a long time since I posted anything... I have been mad busy working and all that I haven't had much time, I haven't even replied to any emails or sent any to any one even for Christmas! I have been super slack- so sorry!

I had six days straight at work last week- 24th til 29th and also worked today 7-3.  I am doing a 10 hour shift on Thursday night from 9pm til 7am the following morning- it will be my second ever night shift!  The last one I did on no sleep the day before and then managed to sleep for four hours the next day even with 5 kids running around the house.

I worked right through Christmas day, as I work at a hospital they don't exactly get to have any holidays and close the place down for the public holidays like majority of places around the country.  We work around the clock and there is always staff in the hospital- during the night there is only one nurse and two caregivers and then the day time there is a lot more including management.

I will try and fill you in on more in the New Year at some point.

Hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

New job... (another)

Its official!!

I have a new job!  Caregiving.

The uniform... (with black pants/ skirt)

I started caregiving orientation Monday just gone.  After a day of that with Wendy who actually also lives with us I got stuck back cleaning as one of the main cleaners are on holiday and they had no other back up for it- I have been cleaning at the hospital since the end of last year.  Next week I am suppose to be doing the rest of my orientation as a caregiver and then I will be working in the weekends and between exams until I am officially on summer break after all my exams are over and done with and I don't have to go back to high school ever!!!

Pictures from surgery

Just as I had come out of recovery.

Same day as the op, the yellow on my leg is iodine- it doesn't want to come off still!

 About an hour after I got home from the hospital.

This was taken yesterday- the difference in size! The left knee does have a bandage in it though, I had managed to get leggings on for under my skirt (I can't wear jeans at the moment cause my knee is to fat).

Knee surgery

I tried writing this yesterday but blogger had a spaz at me and decided to delete this post!

Yesterday was D Day for my surgery.  It went pretty good until I got up to go home which I went all sick and pale so I got put back on the ward to be monitored for a couple more hours where they put an anti nausea patch behind my ear to help.

I had an arthroscopy done which is a look inside of my knee with a camera to find anything that they didn't already know was there just incase.  And then they the proceeded with the rest of the procedure which was to cut my tendon holding my kneecap so that it wont be attached in the same was as before because that was what was causing all of the pain I got in my knee.

I have a lovely fat bandaged up knee and I am also practicing to walk on it normally, well slightly weight baring at the moment with the help of crutches.

I do have the next week off school, but I am going in for a meeting in a couple of hours and will probably go back in on Tuesday for the day, or for as long as I'm not in pain.

I am really glad that is is done and dusted now to wait a year or so to see if it has fully worked.

Pictures of it to come..
Me in hospital just after recovery
And, the difference in knee size.