I'm a [morphine] nerd.

Hey, guess what? I found my morphine pump pics. I took them with my phone, that's why they were not there in iPhoto when I looked for them and why the quality is so poor. Here is the pump with my finger on the trigger:

and here is a close-up of the screen:

IIRC, when I felt the need for pain medication I could press the button for a 1 mg dose, then the pump was locked out for ten minutes. Research has shown that patients demand less pain medication AND report feeling more comfortable, i.e., feel less pain, when they have one of these pumps. A win-win proposition.

Except when the staff do not know how to set them up. The nursing staff at this hospital knew how to do that, probably because they have been using these pumps for well over a decade, but when I had a C-section for #2 son in 1989 they were still pretty new. My night nurse at the time didn't know how to make it work, and she spent AN HOUR -- after  I had already asked for pain meds -- trying to get it to work. Argh.

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What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Science/Math Nerd   (Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!) Well, maybe you aren't this extreme, but you're in league with the crazy scientists/mathematicians of today. Very few people have the talent for math and science, and it is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don't worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help.
Literature Nerd
Drama Nerd
Social Nerd
Musician
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Anime Nerd
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Well. How about that? Thanks to Heather for the link.

Comments

[Cookie]

You found them. Good for you!

Ya know, a little insane laughter is good for you. ;^)

[Chris]

Icky. Morphine. *pukity pukity puke*

Hmm. Literature nerd.

[Carrie K]

There was no knitting nerd? :)

Morphine. Thankfully I've never needed it.

[Sheepish Annie]

I guess I am just a plain sort of nerd. I couldn't even finish the quiz before my attention wandered. Maybe I need some morphine...

[Angie]

Book nerd closely followed by math/science nerd.

Over an hour *after* you asked?! Ouch.

[soxanne]

Well that's pretty funny - for any kind of nerd - that you forgot where you put the pictures that you took when you were on a morphine drip ... hmmmm.

[Cindy]

Literature nerd here, but only because they didn't have a knitting nerd catagory.

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

I hate morphine. It gives me hallucinations and horrific nightmares. Once, when I'd had emergency surgery, I was kept on heavy morphine for several days and suffered mightily the whole time. When I finally started to wake up, I struggled to shake the morphine haze and the nightmares and was terribly relieved to discover they'd put me on a pump. I was almost completely awake when the nurse came in, looked at the pump, and scolded me: "You haven't been using your morphine!" and then pushed the button! And down I went again.