I am beat. Around 0315, I ran a patients CBC (complete blood count) and found that her platelets were VERY low, as in 46 or 47 (can't remember). Normal is greater than 100. I got a call from the nurse that the doctor wanted to transfuse a pack of platelets. I said, "But apheresed would have to come from the Central Penn. Blood Bank where we get our ( Read more... )

Yesterday at work was weird. Joy and I shouldn't work in blood bank together. We always seem to attract bizarre things. We had a patient come in with an antibody. She needed a transfusion. OK. So we have to antigen type the patient and then a bunch of units. Poor Joy. She had to antigen type ALL of our O- units... and only ONE was Duffy A negative ( Read more... )

Ever get bored when you're online and just start researching things? I somehow wound up on classmates.com and found some people that I knew when I lived back in WV. I don't know what depresses me worse: 1) the kid who had a crush on me in middle school (whom I thought was too skinny) now has an MBA and works as the Research Coordinator for the West ( Read more... )

Anyone seen my fershnigglitz? I can't find it anywhere. Ohhh... that's right. They don't exist ( Read more... )

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I was going to try to be funny but, let's face it, there is nothing funny about getting an ultrasound (if you aren't pregnant). So, while this 100 pound woman leaned on me with this mouse and then did an internal pelvic exam - oh yeah, that was just fucking thrilling - I was in a lot of pain. It didn't let up until I downed three Advil... and then ( Read more... )

On Monday, I bombed - and that ain't no political endorsement! - my blood bank final. And I do mean BOMBED! This was the WORST grade I have ever received after actually studying for something. Of course, the text book I have is about 2 or 3 years out of date... and the exam was written with the new AABB standards... which I have only ever seen ONCE ( Read more... )

Hello. My name is Rain and I am your worst student nightmare... meaning, I want to LEARN from you, dammit, not just stand around the lab with my finger up my nose! I literally had to ASK if I could do stuff. WTF?! I thought the purpose of clinical rotation was to actually use the theory I've learned. When I asked if I could use the tube joiner ( Read more... )

Was going to post more yesterday but a thunderstorm blew up and the lights began to flicker. Sorry about that ( Read more... )

Hello! My names is gragaaboiujaler. What's yours ( Read more... )