Part 2

"I could work 2 days a week and make great money but I could pick up more hours if I needed to. Hello????!!! I asked hubby and of course he said yes and I quit the crap job instantly. Ok let me tell you how blessed I was. No words can express how easy this job would end up being. No words can express how spoiled we were. And no words can express how hard we have it now!!!!!1111" FROM PART 1.

So like I said the job was easy. Here's who and why. Her name is _____ but I will call her Monkey. For reasons later. I won't put any of the patient's names in here. Some are dead some are alive. But my #1 and first patient is Monkey. Basically Monkey needed care at night. You see she had a full-time girl in the daytime who did such a good job with her. Monkey was bed bound. Except to get up to use the pot. Monkey had a catheter which in case you don't know is a bag affixed to the side of the bed that holds her urine.

The daytime caregiver did all the work with her. She bathed her, exercised her, got her up for meals, everything. All we were to do was to be there in case of emergency and give her dinner. That's IT. Because we weren't trained medically at all. And Monkey's people were desperate for help. So from 4pm-8pm I did some work. From 8pm-8am I got paid to do pretty much NOTHING. Nice deal. The first time I met Monkey was intimidating. She was obviously used to being boss and didn't like new girls. Hmm. Ok, I'll work with it. I was shown the ropes and got acquainted with the surroundings. The daytime girl said her B.M.'s worked like clock-work. Every morning around 10. Shew! The daytime caregiver showed me everything I needed to do on my shift which I will put in bulleted list form because that's what I love to do:

• Feed her dinner.
• Give her nightime meds.
• Empty her catheter.
• Change the channels for her.
• Make sure she is comfortable for bed.
• Sleep in the guest-room with the baby monitor in case of emergency.

Feeding her dinner. Hmmm I thought. I wasn't the best cook and she was obviously used to having nice meals. She requested lamb with mint sauce. Uhhhhh. Sure lemme just go whip that up. Nowadays I can make that but not back then. I didn't even know what mint sauce was. Luckily for me she had meals prepared. SHEW!!!!! She had some fancy grocery that charged $100.00 for a bag of chips prepare meals and she could just heat them.

Give her nighttime meds. Hmm easy enough.

Empty her catheter. Hmmmm ewwww. Ok, the caregiver showed me how to work this thing. But what if it sprays in my eye? I don't have extra clothes with me. I got it.

Make sure she is comfortable for bed. Ok, I can do this. She makes small talk with me but is obviously annoyed that she needs "help" at night now. You see her history is grand and her life is grand. The fact that she's in this position is just unacceptable to her. She doesn't believe it's happening and won't agree with any help. She is DIFFICULT. It's ok. I'll work through it. So just like the caregiver said Monkey is ready to go to bed at 8pm sharp. Ooh this will be good. If she goes to bed like this everytime I work I will have it made in heaven. Ha!

Sleep in the guest-room with the baby monitor in case of emergency. Oh my. It's creepy up here. This house was built in 1800. Original stone. It is old-time-antique heaven but it's creepy. I wasn't sure how I was gonna sleep in this old creepy house out in the Equestrian country in Maryland. But I wouldn't have to worry about sleep because Monkey would make sure of it that I wouldn't get any.

So she's all tucked into bed and I'm in awe that this is ALL I have to do and get paid great. I worked so hard like a dog for so long and now I'm laying in a bed being paid $15 an hour to sleep. I couldn't believe it. Of course why would I believe it? I didn't know God. And I certainly didn't understand His blessings.

I finally fall asleep in a room filled with art and old fashioned books. You know ORIGINAL books. The ones that are hundreds of years old. This is so cool because I love art history so much and I am laying underneath real art made by FAMOUS artists like Gauguin. It was so neat! I can hear Monkey snoring. I can hear her chattering in her sleep a little bit. And her shallow breaths. It is hard for me to fall asleep but I finally do. Until 3am comes around and I hear HELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Can somebody help me?????

I come downstairs to find Monkey on the floor out of the bed underneath the pot. OHHHH EMMMM GEEE.

More later....

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