REAL LIFE UPDATE

[jenni_blog]

I've been on vacation from work and don't have to go back until next Tuesday, the 19th. I've been off 3 weeks altogether. We didn't go anywhere, but it's been fantastic to just lie around doing nothing most of the day while still managing to keep my house somewhat clean and tidy every day.

So for those of you who don't know, I am a nurse working in a clinic. I work for only one doctor now, although when I started out I worked for a bunch of them. I've just found out that one of our patients has been murdered. He was only a young guy - 19 years old. I've known him since he was born...his mom is also a patient of ours and she was only 19 herself when she had him. She is also a nurse and works at the local hospital. To say I am shattered would be an understatement. I know that when I go back to work I will have to see her...it will be very difficult. The poor girl also lost her mother tragically several years ago. The poor woman was at a family wedding and choked on a chicken bone. She died before the ambulance could get her to hospital. :(

What makes me feel a little better is the fact that my copy of 'A Dance With Dragons' arrived this morning. A UPS guy left it on our doorstep. It's huge...I couldn't wait for the paperback...or to get it on Kindle...but the upside is that you can see the maps in much more detail. I find it fascinating to pore over them and look for Braavos, or Oldtown, or The Night Fort. :)

I started reading it this morning but have been interrupted at least 96 times, which means I'm still about halfway through the prologue. The worst time was when my husband Ed got some rice caught in his throat somehow, couldn't dislodge it right away, and panicked. He needed me to help him, he said, and wouldn't let me leave his side. For what? I asked him. To call 911? I guess I could have performed the Heimlich manouvre except I don't think my arms will fit all the way around him. :/

Comments

[wildmopdogs.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about the patient :( Oh gosh, and his poor mother! :(
*hugs*

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

It was a shock reading about it and felt so alien because I was not at work, but at home on vacation. And knowing that next week when I go back, we will have to talk to his mother. I feel bad we were not there for her after it happened. :(

[bonorattle.livejournal.com]

Oh man, hearing about that 19 year old breaks my heart. His poor mother. :( :( :(

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

His poor mother has had more than her share of grief. I'll see her when I get back to work. :(

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Life is sometimes like shit :(

*hugs and kisses* for you!

Waiting for the paperback......

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Because I work in a clinic, I have experienced many deaths. None is so sad as that of a young person. :( His mother has had toooo much to deal with in her life. :(((((

Thank you!

I am slowwwwwllllyyyy reading Book Five. I don't want it to end! :)

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Children should NEVER die...

[sunshinelucy.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, how horrendous! I'm sorry sorry :o( (<(< hugs >)>)

[crazy-girl-86.livejournal.com]

Feel hugged, I don't know what else to say. *hugs*

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It will be sad at work next week when I go back. :(