I work with a bunch of magat plague rats, and it was hitting me hard earlier. One woman talking about how horrible the lockdown is for her kid's dance whatever and bitching about "...didn't spend all this money on a special dance floor and flying down a choreographer only to have her dance in the kitchen!" Fuck off.
Update - there's a patient who has been here a few days in antepartum. She tested covid negative on day 1 but is now showing symptoms. Same nurses are twitterpated. Fuck off.
That would be shitty no matter what, but you’d hope people working in health care would have better judgement, empathy, and well, everything.
My grandmother fell and shattered her hip. She’s 92. Made it through surgery this morning but tested positive on a rapid covid test. My aunt and uncle are aghast and can’t believe it. My uncle the pastor who never quit having services (which grandma attends) and going out to breakfast with members. I just. I hope it’s wrong and they do a PCR that’s negative but like. No shit. I hope they don’t kill her.
Just found out my brother’s friend died from an overdose. Very similar guy to my brother - in high school a really fun, good natured guy, and over the years the more he used, the more you saw the things that made him awesome erode because of addiction. We traveled with this guy, saw him grow up. I figured this ending was coming at some point, but it doesn’t make it less sad. There’s just been so much misfortune with people I know lately. It seems like everyone I know has lost someone this year.
I’m sorry , CW. I hope she has a quick and easy recovery. Surgery recovery at that age is hard enough without the Covid complication. Oh fish, that’s such sad news. I’m sorry for your loss.
Thanks guys. She seems to be doing ok. They won’t retest her now, just keep her on the covid floor until she leaves. Fish that’s awful, so tragic. I’m sorry.
@CoolWife how’s grandma doing today? Fuck this month. Just found out my friend is dying of cancer; she only has a few weeks or months, they’re not sure yet. They thought she was in remission the last few months when instead the cancer was metastisizing.
Petty vent- when something bad happens to a staff member at my school, generally at the very least, a sympathy card is signed and given to the person. A couple of teachers have had a tough time recently and we banded together to help out, send money/food. When Ben died, I didn’t hear shit from the staff as a whole. My 2 friends texted me multiple times to see how I was doing but nobody else from school reached out. I know the 2 teachers who usually organize getting cards signed knew Ben died so my feelings are pretty hurt. They knew how much he meant to me, that he was my world. I’m sure they’re thinking he was just a cat. This is cutting deeper than I thought it would. Like, not having it acknowledged by people I’ve been working with for 6 years (minus last year) really hurts.
I’m sorry. I don’t think acknowledging someone’s loss is ever a bad idea, even if it’s just something simple like reaching out via text to say you are sorry.