Dillon
Well-Known Member
It’s been a couple months but I like to share how things are going. First it’s been literally over 2 months since my dog who I had for 6 years passed away from cancer. It took me quite a while to get over a death of a best friend and I I kept telling my self I would never get another dog for a while. It wasn’t until 3 weeks ago I was received a 7 week old puppy. Meet Murfee my now 10 week old Golden Retriever who has quite the personality. He already knows how to sit and shake even without command. He loves to “help” where I am currently growing some tomato and pepper seedlings where he has killed a couple plants that have sprouted just by eating the entire thing and digging up dirt 
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I am still working as a patient transporter at a hospital within my hometown for 7 months now and while I do love the job of getting to take care of patients the job has been burning me out socially and physically. Normally I am dealing with 10 patients throughout my 8 hour shift but over the past several weeks I am now tending to double on a daily basis as this is due to our department being understaffed and being over worked. I am having to put in a little more effort just to make up for a couple coworkers who have been calling out lately such as as moving patients especially disabled ones from stretchers to beds, walking from one end of the hospital to the other just to return equipment such as oxygen tanks and getting assigned with back to back to back patients without having a chance to sit down for a possible 15 minute break. I’ve been walking more than 20,000 steps a day or the equivalent of 7-10 miles per weekday. Socially I can’t seem to keep up when I’m getting burned out physically on various days. I enjoy talking to others other than some demeaning or rude people (mainly staff-co workers) but I notice myself lately have been getting timid around people such as patients that it’s gotten to where like this week I decided to take a personal day off from work due to the overload of my mental well being and my social battery running dry. There are days I love my job but there are those where I just want to quit. In the meantime while I have this job I am currently looking for other jobs that aren’t as patient direct/facing as this healthcare job. I mentioned before a while back I am pursuing the radiology at my college with the hopes of getting in by this Summer, well unfortunately I had to drop a class last week that was a prerequisite class and only thing I had left to do in order to be eligible to apply to the program by April 1st deadline and because of that I will more than likely be delayed and won’t be able to apply again until Fall of 2026 (November 2026). I am looking at other program options i am indeed qualified for in case radiology doesn’t pan out such as Sterile Processing, surgical technician, and medical laboratory sciences.
Anyway here is a pic of my new dog Murfee!
. I am still working as a patient transporter at a hospital within my hometown for 7 months now and while I do love the job of getting to take care of patients the job has been burning me out socially and physically. Normally I am dealing with 10 patients throughout my 8 hour shift but over the past several weeks I am now tending to double on a daily basis as this is due to our department being understaffed and being over worked. I am having to put in a little more effort just to make up for a couple coworkers who have been calling out lately such as as moving patients especially disabled ones from stretchers to beds, walking from one end of the hospital to the other just to return equipment such as oxygen tanks and getting assigned with back to back to back patients without having a chance to sit down for a possible 15 minute break. I’ve been walking more than 20,000 steps a day or the equivalent of 7-10 miles per weekday. Socially I can’t seem to keep up when I’m getting burned out physically on various days. I enjoy talking to others other than some demeaning or rude people (mainly staff-co workers) but I notice myself lately have been getting timid around people such as patients that it’s gotten to where like this week I decided to take a personal day off from work due to the overload of my mental well being and my social battery running dry. There are days I love my job but there are those where I just want to quit. In the meantime while I have this job I am currently looking for other jobs that aren’t as patient direct/facing as this healthcare job. I mentioned before a while back I am pursuing the radiology at my college with the hopes of getting in by this Summer, well unfortunately I had to drop a class last week that was a prerequisite class and only thing I had left to do in order to be eligible to apply to the program by April 1st deadline and because of that I will more than likely be delayed and won’t be able to apply again until Fall of 2026 (November 2026). I am looking at other program options i am indeed qualified for in case radiology doesn’t pan out such as Sterile Processing, surgical technician, and medical laboratory sciences.
Anyway here is a pic of my new dog Murfee!
