I’ve written about full moons and the hospitals before.

It deserves a sweary post on FFS too!

Last night, March 13, 2025, there was a lunar eclipse that was visible from North Carolina. This is also known as the blood moon because it turns the moon red.

This nighttime solar galaxy gift was going to be from midnight-ish to full eclipse at 0226 to finishing at 0600.

My neighbors were having a quiet conversation around their grill yesterday evening and I stopped to talk to them. All of them said they hoped to be in their bed. I said I hoped to not be at the hospital doing cases. They know what I do and they sent me off with the same wishes as I went back inside to wait for the phone to ring.

And ring it did at 2156.

I kind of got my wish. I got home from a case at 2342 just before the dimming started.

I knew, I just knew, that there would be a case. Even if the moon wasn’t quite full. I was right. Like I knew, I just knew, that the OB department was going to fill up quickly. Yep, that happened.

The full moon can have its effects on all of the departments.

When I left last night there were 54 patients in the ER that only has 24 beds.

Every healthcare person that I know, when I mention casually that it is a full moon, looks up to the sky, even in broad daylight, and swears. Sometimes they kick the walls, wheels of the gurney, the OR table, whatever is close by and won’t object to the treatment.

In the before times they would look at me and offer up their call. Which I would take because, well, workaholic.

But last night was calm with no additional calls or cases.

Did I mention that it was nearly payday too? That has its own resonance and people acting out.