it broke loose

hell, that is.

since i arrived at 11am, all of our lab/patient information applications have had a major falling out amongst one another. none of them are talking to one another. at all. so secretaries can order in their system, but that doesnt trigger the labels to print out of my system, or interface the status into all of the applications. the few labels i did have early on, were placed on bloods and zipped down the tube system. they were resulted in quick fashion, like always, but our system in the lab isnt speaking to the patient-resulting application.

this means no ordering anything in the computer.
everything goes on "downtime" - written the old-fashioned way.
this also means no results.
no blood test results easily looked up in the computer.
no radiology.
no nothing.

i dont know who slept with who's boyfriend, or girlfriend. or who didnt pay their rent. or who looked at one another funny. but i just wish they all would kiss and make up.

and as if that isnt bad enough, i think the tube system is a little jealous of all the attention, so it went on strike for a bit earlier and is continually threatening to resume the strike.

its pretty amazing just how breathless we are without our technology.
i cant wait until the systems are up, or until 11pm.

whichever comes first.

stomach virus or food poisoning?

if its food poisoning, its from dinner last night ~ which i ate at 7:30pm... and promptly started with stomach upset in the middle of swim class today. silly me, i thought it was just monthly cramps, and wasnt concerned. i was mistaken.

if its a stomach virus, i hear whatever is going around lasts precisely one day.

whatever this is, i've already spent an inordinate amount of time in my bathroom in the last 5-6 hours... i cant even stay asleep long enough to pass lots of time :( so i called my mom, and she brought home Coca~Cola, Ginger Ale, and Gatorade. we have two boxes of saltines, so i expect this will be my menu for the next 24 hours or so.

it sucks i may have to call out tomorrow from work. but thankfully one of my coworkers is all about overtime these days and will probably happily cover my shift.

*sigh*

going back to hibernate ~ 100.1 temp and all!