Need more practice being a good Brethren..

I'm too new at this non violent Brethren thing...  I still want to punch someone in the nose.

Long, totally unproductive night.  Tired of our 15x15 room (at least it's that big, right?)  No blood cultures, no vanc level, blew what was a perfectly good i.v. trying to get labs (failure)...  Now he's asleep, no i.v. and still two labs to go tonight and meds.  We haven't gotten a potassium level yet... no one is concerned, but we'll all feel better when it's normal.

I hate this.  A lot.  And if you tell me it could be worse, you might get punched in the nose.  (By the way, don't tell anyone that, ever.) 

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We'd been told all day they'd have to do two vanc levels, one before his dose and one after.  So, when they were trying to get blood off the i.v. the second time, we let them because otherwise they'd have to do two draws in the middle of the night.  There is no second draw.  They blew an i.v. and had to redo it at 10:30.  ARGH. 
The potassium level was totally normal. :)  The vanc (vancomycin=i.v. antibiotic) was lower according to the labs recommended levels.  Of course, the lab got drawn an hour late which has to change how high the level is in his blood.  if the vanc is too low, it won't do what it's supposed to... i.e. we're not leaving.  Here's hoping that it's alright considering the time difference.