Sleep Deprivation
Wednesday night was a time of little sleep, and I haven't fully recovered. On my way to CS's I found out (from my voice mail) that I was to take part in foal team that night. Therefore, after visiting CS, going with her to prayer meeting in the middle of the visit, and engaging in valuable discussion I went back to school. I was there until 2:50 am. RB and I took care of a "dummy foal" - good experience although I do not think it was wise for the owners to spend such sums on a foal that (as far as I know) had little chance of becoming normal. (If the foal was worth a lot of money it might've made sense - I don't know if that was true.) Definitely, humans with low mental capabilities should not be regarded with such little regard, but animals do not have eternal souls.
The foal went into respiratory failure around 1:30 am and in spite of our extended efforts to revive it did not recover. Respiratory failure may have resulted from a spreading brain stem abscess which was previously suspected because of a vestibular problem (the foal walked in a circle). It so happens that a respiratory control center and part of the vestibular system are in the medulla of the brainstem.
I crashed at CS's for 4 hours, and returned to school.
I can function on minimal sleep, but my performance level suffers. I got a word mixed up on a test today, called RB "Laura" (because her last name is Bush, I guess. I don't think she's a democrat, so hopefully it didn't offend her), made some worthless statements I might not have made in my right mind, and seemed to have decreased proprioception.
Sleep works wonders that I am "brutally" reminded of when it is absent!
I have heard that driving with lack of sleep may be worse than driving under the influence of alcohol. I can believe it, to a certain degree.
A bit of Google research yielded these quotes from the VOIDD (Victims of Irresponsible Drowsy Drivers) webpage:
"Driver fatigue doesn’t get as much attention as drunken driving, but it can be just as deadly." Dr. Alan Pack, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, PA.
"Driving drowsy "is just as bad as having five drinks and getting in the car", says spokesman Mark Hammer, New York’s Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, Albany, NY
Maybe I should keep that in mind and organize my life so I don't need to stay up late cramming for tests.
The foal went into respiratory failure around 1:30 am and in spite of our extended efforts to revive it did not recover. Respiratory failure may have resulted from a spreading brain stem abscess which was previously suspected because of a vestibular problem (the foal walked in a circle). It so happens that a respiratory control center and part of the vestibular system are in the medulla of the brainstem.
I crashed at CS's for 4 hours, and returned to school.
I can function on minimal sleep, but my performance level suffers. I got a word mixed up on a test today, called RB "Laura" (because her last name is Bush, I guess. I don't think she's a democrat, so hopefully it didn't offend her), made some worthless statements I might not have made in my right mind, and seemed to have decreased proprioception.
Sleep works wonders that I am "brutally" reminded of when it is absent!
I have heard that driving with lack of sleep may be worse than driving under the influence of alcohol. I can believe it, to a certain degree.
A bit of Google research yielded these quotes from the VOIDD (Victims of Irresponsible Drowsy Drivers) webpage:
"Driver fatigue doesn’t get as much attention as drunken driving, but it can be just as deadly." Dr. Alan Pack, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, PA.
"Driving drowsy "is just as bad as having five drinks and getting in the car", says spokesman Mark Hammer, New York’s Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, Albany, NY
Maybe I should keep that in mind and organize my life so I don't need to stay up late cramming for tests.
posted by Claire at 19:13
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