Worst. Week. Ever.

It's been a long time since I have had a straight up bad week.  I mean there have been the PMS weeks and finals weeks and mad-at-the-world weeks... but this was a really bad week.  The kind country and blues songs are made of.  I thought maybe I was just grumpy... but then I exploded at the dog and started uncontrollably crying.  It was a legitimate explosion... dog has been puking for 4 days and has now transitioned into diarrhea and she jumped up and pulled down cheese that was half way back on the counter.  I screamed "NO" in the way the kid on The Christmas Story yells "FUDGE".  I completely scared the dog... and as I ran 25 feet to the kitchen I boiled over.  I actually said, "Seriously!!!  You have been sick for four days!!! AND now you want cheese!  Seriously!!!"  By the time I had gotten to "days" tears were streaming down my face and by the time I was back to the couch (cheese safely away from dog) I was in gut-wrenching-uncontrollable sobbing.  No lie. I started work on a Tuesday this week after a four day weekend.. so that seems like a good start right?  But Tuesday and Wednesday at work both OT rehab aides called off.  just like secretarys run the world... so rehab aids run the hospital... for two days I was lost while the dog I was watching was puking at home.  Then Thursday I took some sort of stupid pill... I couldn't put two words together that made sense... and I cried for the first time about the dog.  Then Friday... computers down and I killed a 97 year old lady.  I have rehashed it several times with different people... I treated her like all my other patients... she needed to use the toilet... we tried to stand up... that was all... and 15 minutes later she was having a heart attack.  I have literally done this hundreds of times with hundreds of patients... and this one has a heart attack. good news... puking diarrhea dog is playing fetch... huge step on the road to recovery.  Officially I am rambling and I have considered deleting this post eight times. But as this is the worst week ever... then having the worst post ever... just fits the theme.  Duck is better than rabbit... always.