Nov
30
2007

The mother of all days

Today has just been one of those days. Some days tick along quite nicely and other days just start losing it from the word go. It has been one crisis after the other. Today consisted of the following…

– a client getting arrested
– a client’s child going into care after he was left alone by his Mum
– a client overdosing
– time spent calming a hysterical and distressed client down
– me spending 3 ½ hours in A & E
– spending an hour with a pain management nurse trying to work out how to manege a particular problem
– talking to an unsuspecting guy about his girlfriend’s level of drug use
– over-riding a doctor’s shit decision making
– calling the police to ‘un-register’ a missing person
– getting a client into rehab within three hour period (a miracle by all accounts!)
– numerous phone calls
– mountains of note-writing
– eating lunch at 3.15pm
– going to get my hair cut
– eating tea at 9.15pm

None of the above is particularly unusual, it just rarely all happens on the same day. Don’t get me wrong. It has been a good day and I feel like I have made a difference, but I am absolutely shattered! My head feels mullered and emotionally I am wiped out. Now I am thinking it is time for a bath and bed.

Written by Anna Williams in: Uncategorized |

2 Comments »

  • mountainsnowtiger

    Wow :-O

    (‘Un-registering’ a missing person – because they’d been found? Alive?)

    Comment | December 1, 2007
  • cqg

    *hugs*
    there will be better days. I won’t point out the obvious corallary :). Luv ya, hun.

    Comment | December 1, 2007

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