I was at work last night. Just for four hours, that's all we are allowed to work when we are on Mat-leave. You must be thinking, why on earth would she be working while on Mat-leave? Well the answer to that is simple, EXTRA CASH! Yes we Canadians are lucky in that we get a whole year off, but it is a whole year off making next to nothing. When I started looking into the whole maternity leave thing I was under the understanding that you would make 60% of you wage. WRONG! If you make over a certain amount you make the max which is 40% of my wage. If you make 50,000 a year or if you make 500,000 a year we all get the same amount. I really believe this is not fair. Don't get me started... I think I may start a letter writing campagin. Watch for that coming soon. I'll have to enlist my hubby as he is a fantastic writer.

So here I was at work last night, I guess I really can't complain. It allows me to get out and use my brain for a little while. But I sure am rusty, I was asked to grab some morphine for a patient and couldn't remember if I use a 3cc syringe or a 1cc syringe to draw it up. I'm sure if I did more than 4 hours every few weeks it would all come back to me, nursing is like riding a bike.

We had a GSW come in (that's Emerg speak for Gun Shot Wound). This man was shot in the face. So out of morbid curiosity I trodded down to the OR where they were getting ready to work on him. Not pretty... that's for sure. But while I was peeking over the surgeon's shoulder I was thinking, Man... I do have a pretty cool job. I get to see stuff like this. I won't describe what I saw In case some of you are squeemish. Being a nurse I have forgotten where the line is when describing some of the things I have been involved in and grossed out a few friends to say the least. But I will say this, this guy will never look the same.