Wednesday

I actually got to do my job today – and it felt good.

A patient was brought from the ward and it was – shall we say – a bit unwell. The story was that he had deteriorated quickly over a half an hour period and the suggestion was made that “maybe he should pop to ICU for a bit”. Medical people – here were some of the numbers:-

pH:- 6.67

Bicarb:- 3.1

BE:- -37

Lactate:- 32

Methinks this little person had been. …errr… “Peeky” for a long period!!!!!! And further ‘history taking from the nursing staff revealed that he had become ‘a bit lethargic and irritable last night’

Aaaaanyway..

I had been allocated to work with a nurse who felt a bit out of her depth with this patient –and I have to admit, he made everyone work pretty hard and pretty quickly. The good thing was that after 7 hours his numbers were normalising and he looked ‘alive’ in the bed again and the problem had been identified..!!!

Excellent – so I had a Good Day at work.

I ran twice too – there and back !!!!!

I have found that my little legs don’t work quite so well after a nights sleep, so the run into work is generally going to be a bit more ‘gentle’ than the run home!!

Here are the numbers:-

Morning Run

Dist:- 3.31 Miles

Time:- 26:27

Pace:- 7:59

AvHR:- 160

Mile	1	2	3	0.31	Run
Pace	8:02	7:50	8:01	8:11	7:59
AvHr	150	163	165	166	160

Hey – wasn’t I good

:o)

Evening Run

Dist:- 3.28 Miles

Time:- 23:55

Pace:- 7:18

AvHR:- 166

Mile	1	2	3	0.28	Run
Pace	7:08	7:17	7:26	7:30	7:18
AvHR	157	169	170	171	166

OK – so this was a little bit quick and I might have to call it an “effort” run, but the point was that it was enjoyable, it felt good, and I am concentrating with all of my runs on the things I was advised by the ‘super-Phizz’ way back when it the dim distant misty past…. And I’m showing no signs of any ITB or other problems!!!

So in a nutshell..

I listened… body said “I’m fine thanks- you carry on!!”

So I did!!!

I spent the evening with a friend.. Anyone old enough to remember the BT advert from a zillion years ago which said …

“It’s good to talk….”

It’s true!!!!!!