nick names Triple C and Covi. he is out exploring the house already, Ivy is a constant in his exploration however. some hissing is involved. the real test will be with Miss Breezy Chatterbug but i suspect all will be well soon enough.
i had kind of "promised" the pups a kitten for their Birthday. i've been cruising by the shelter on occasion. i cruised by there today. due to Covid they had an animal control officer at the door who asked if i had an appointment. i said i just wanted to look at their kittens. i figure a young cat has the best chance to adjust to these crazy dogs.
this guy doesn't have extra toes but he is orange and seemed quite mellow there, even with a big dog barking as i held him there. it was a quick exchange and decision. they only have tomorrow for adoptions and then they are shutting down like much of the city is. we want to avoid the covid scene of other places so they pretty much want us doing nothing. i should be able to escape with the dogs, which may give the two cats the freedom to work out their relationship.
i have just been so focused on all this covid stuff. it's everywhere. a therapy cat is just what i need at this time. :-) it should be a good distraction when i'm off work. besides i figure with difficult economic times animals may be getting dumped at shelters over the next few weeks/months.
the dogs are at least able to chill a bit around the cat now. they were extremely excited at first.
walked with my friend, SH down at Oceanview bluff park. have kept my distance from people. it seems like others are doing the same. it's still okay to go out and walk the dogs though.
these moose were by the road as i was driving around. we also had some moose sightings today on the trail. we waited the moose out and eventually got to move on.
was exhausted after 3 nights of work. i worked CICU, Covid unit and then IMCU. we are short of n95's. in the Covid unit there were no n95 masks. we are to use the regular ones. there were some papr's which i have never used. guess i'll have to adjust to that. not sure they aren't low on papr masks either.
in the morning i figured out that they had made scrubs available to staff working the covid unit. i was not made aware of that the night before. the only good thing about being tossed into the covid mix early is that i feel like i have been able to work out some of my donning and doffing foibles. you think of things that could get you later. those first nights in the ER i really felt out of sorts and ill prepared. i am still a bit anxious that i may have been exposed. so far the hospital has no inpatients that are positive...or at least that was how it was as of friday i think.
one of my co-workers from ER went out ill and is waiting for results of a covid test and a friend i used to work with in ICU now lives in Texas as a NP in an ICU there...he has just tested positive. thankfully, at this point he is home. it all made me feel very anxious and i feel like i was starting to imagine symptoms. i know i'm not the only one starting to be twitchy about what our bodies are doing. i still have a dry cough from being sick several weeks back, though it is getting less.
the back up plan for up here is 8 vents, 1 icu and 2 pcu nurses. i guess that is pretty much what is already happening down in Washington state.
the horror stories are out there....like most stuff the more i read the more easily i can freak myself out.
overall not a terrible week at work just all the extra stress of covid, possible covid and prepping for the worst of it. last i saw we have maybe 14 cases in the state. i think they are all on home quarantine. 4 are in Ketchikan. not a great place for a thing like covid to get out of control.
they have a check point entering work and so they check our temps and we have to sign a document with whatever symptoms we have. i, of course, mark that i have a cough...they handed me a mask and that mask and my lungs did not get along . it sent me into a coughing spasm. i am having less of those now. i would like to have my lungs back to baseline before i end up with covid.
texting with my niece who is a Dr at an urgent care. we both seem to believe it's no if but when we wll get this. then you just hope it is a more mild case. i am not as young as her though.
any nurses are scared to take this home to their families, many have parents living with them as wll. i take my work shoes off and leave them outside on the deck. then i strip down inside and toss al my work clothes into the laundry. run upstairs half naked and put on the pj's. i am not the only nurse running around semi-nude. it's happening all over the globe at this time.
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said cat just jumped on the keyboard. shut office door when not around, lesson learned.
the dogs were very curious about the thing in the box.
a certain other feline was also very concerned.
this is their first meeting. he is thrilled to be out of the cage i can tell though.
he is a purr factory that loves to ride around on my shoulder. he was a stray, but he does seem way too friendly to have been feral. clearly he's known humans.
will have to see what the situation is at the vets and when he can get nipped.
my grocery shopping is interesting. you eat based on what is left in the store. when i went last week that was mostly cheese chips and chocolate. no wonder i feel a bit like crap. mostly empty but i found stuff i can survive on for a bit. perhaps this will be a bit of a covid diet.
i think we are mostly going to a shelter in place order after tomorrow just to help keep the curve down and save lives. hopefully we can all get through this with minimal loss of life...but it will still be out there. some nasty bug. Italy is a disaster. like 900 dead a day.
i joke a bit but this is real and it is serious. too many aren't taking it serious enough. it is stressful to be on the front lines of an outbreak, and we don't even have any true covid patients. . today i was thinking after this is done, if i survive it may be time to find a nice safe job. don't think i want to be around for the next outbreak, i'd rather be at home hoarding toilet paper.
i hear the horror stories from Italy and the lower 48 and i am anxious just thinking about being put in that situation.
a nurse in imcu i gave report too was a total pain in the ass. i think it may just be the general stress people are feeling. i was totally annoyed by the time i went home. i'm sure i was in no mood to deal with her nitpicking. after a week of covid i needed a break.
i had to wake up yesterday and get those fingerprints done. the hospital made arrangements and appointments, which was really nice as the fingerprinting place was closed for covid. i am grateful to have a job at all. my work feels secure but others are really going to struggle.
i will swing to some Iditarod news. it's sort of been lost in the shuffle of all this covid....it's been impacted as well though.
they have also had issues with weather. it isn't over yet. i've never seen so many scratches...23 last i checked. i was so stressed with covid crap i decided to head over and look at the Iditarod. more craziness.
these are still the last of the Ceremonial start...the last gathering really in the city.
there were 11 teams that got trapped by weather in Elim. they have finally been able to move forward and should be in Whitehorse by now.
another group of 3 had to be rescued near Safety as they were stuck in an over flow melt situation. they did a re-route for the group today, i'm guessing they will do the same in the area these guys had trouble a lot of wind and warming weather it sounds like. not really sure. i still have newspapers to dig through.
loved this huge bunny suit...must not be a local, it was nearly 30 degrees out there.
Petit has apparently scratched, was helped to a cabin where he is holed up with his dogs.
the twins scratched as there was a death in their family i guess.
Bundzen below has also scratched and one team was withdrawn as they just got too far behind the pack, which they do.
these pups look like they are having fun.
looking more serious now.
getting some love before they run.
and a bit different weather for the restart. we had fun...i should probably focus on these critters. this cat still hasn't found the cat litter really and that seems kind of important. sheets should be washed.
a. thankful to not have any symptoms yet b. thankful to have a new kitten to play with c. thankful to have a job right now, though it terrifies me a bit
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