Can I vent?

Today has just sucked. Not being a mom but I have no friends and work is killing me today. I work hospice and drive around town seeing patients. Each visit I complete I get paid an hour. No visit…no money. Also I get to make my own schedule Well let’s go to back to yesterday because it does have a big play on today. So I’m supposed to see my first patient who lives in a group home at 7 in the morning. I decided to help my husband get our daughter ready for the babysitter but still was able to leave on time. I’m driving along about 10 minutes away from the destination and I get a call from my husband. He’s yelling at me saying he doesn’t know what to do because his grandma (our babysitter) was asleep and he’s opening the shop and has to be there at 7:30. I hurry up and turn around and drive over to his job to get her to drop her off. Ended up making it to this patient at 8. The group home lets me in saying he already is clean. I asked if it was just clean clothes they said yes. I said I can still shower him and put the clothes back on. They say no you need to come tomorrow. I tell them I’m full tomorrow and can’t. Long story short I ended up moving them to 6am today. So come this morning I go to see him. He’s butt naked in bed soaked. Everything soaked. I get him in the shower and finish up everything. Onto the next one. Also in a group home. I go in to see her and her calf is so bruised it was crazy. I saw her on Wednesday and today’s Friday. Onto the next one. She lives in a facility. I walk in her room and she’s butt naked trying to get out of bed. She’s speaking absolute gibberish and confused out of her mind. Showered her and onto the next. This person is a new admit who i haven’t met yet. I call the spouse to let me in and he replies “911 is on their way” I’m trying to figure out what’s going on and he won’t answer me. I meet with the paramedics downstairs who were the rudest people I’ve met. I’m trying to explain the patient is on hospice so they know not to take her to the hospital without letting us know. We finally get everything situated (she just fell and they needed help getting her up) then we start looking for her polst (dnr paperwork). We look for 20 minutes and can’t find it anywhere. Turns out she never had one done. I did what I could and I was onto the next. He was easy. Had him for some time so I knew his routine. Onto the next. But as im driving to the next my husband calls me “I need you to get me tooth filler (his tooth has been breaking away and we have an appointment coming up)” he also needed gas in his car. Luckily his job is right by my next patient. I told him I’d pick up the truck and put gas then bring him the filler. I ordered it for pick up from Walmart so I didn’t have to go in. Well lucky me they were running behind and didn’t get it yet. Okay I’ll just go in. Wait I don’t have my wallet it’s in my car which is as his job. Luckily I have the Walmart pay thing. Got the filler went to drop it off. Picked up my car and off to the next. Had to stop by the office to talk to my boss about a different patient but she was in a meeting. Oh well I’ll message her later. Damn I haven’t eaten since dinner last night and it’s 2pm. Let me get something to eat really quick. Finished eating and went on to my 3pm appointment. He almost fell twice. Wouldn’t let me help him so he’s constantly spraying water everywhere. All over me. I’m soaked. Whatever on to the next. But I’m stuck in traffic because it’s 4 and people don’t know how to drive. Make it to my next who tells me to come tomorrow (he told me that yesterday) tells me if he was my boss he would have fired me. Tells me I should’ve been here earlier. When I told him I unfortunately have other people, he said too bad. Continues to insult me the wholeeee time I’m rubbing lotion on his back then tells me to leave. I’m 1 more thing going wrong from crying my eyes out. On top of that yesterday I went to see a new admit who was on our home health side and transitioned over and really liked the other cna. So she was mad that I had taken over so then she called saying she wants a new person because “the lady that was here couldn’t reach places”. Why are old people so mean and entitled.
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I'm so sorry you went through that the last 2 days. I've had a REALLY hard time at work (with toddlers) yesterday, too. Only to come home to find out my 20yr college student signed a whole lease on an apartment for next school year when she has no money. But I can take out a parent plus loan to pay for it all right?

@Susie oh girl I’m so sorry

Thanks, here's hoping Monday will be better for you and I.

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