I did get called about 18:45 last night... for an exam that had been ordered at 16:15 from the ED. Evidently whoever was on until 16:30 didn't see it before they left... I'm being generous here, of course.
I also did a few other exams while I was there, one an older gentleman from the floor. He came down in a wheelchair, although he was barely able to move. As I was getting him on the table, my foot slipped on something and I wrenched my back.
Unlike other back injuries that I've had, this time it was immediately painful. I managed to get the guy on the table eithout dropping him and get the exam done, but I did get some help getting him back in the chair.
So I limped home and found that we didn't have any pain stuff, so I went back out to Walgreens and got some Advil. It's not really very effective, but better'n nothing, I guess.
I went to bed around 22:00 last night and slept until 05:00. The back didn't seem to be any better, so I've spent most of the day on the computer, occasionally limping to the kitchen or the bathroom... and this afternoon I took a long, long nap.
The window was open, and late this afternoon there was a thunderstorm, and I didn't even get up to watch it. The thunder fit in quite well with the dreams that I was having.
I got up about 20:30 and Karen was gone... I went in to the kitchen and made some coffee. I noticed that the TV was on, so I turned it off. Mistake, big time. Karen had gone to the store, and was taping a show. She used to leave me a note, but there was no note this time.
It didn't seem to bother her very much, though... so I guess that I'm not in big trouble.