WWU: Oh Paradise – where are you? I had a tough weekend. With alleged abuse/DV, delirium tremors, pregnant folks with belly pain, along with the latest bout of flu patients who arrived by-the-bus-load … Arrghh! I’m missing Paradise!!! Sunday night was crazy/busy, and I’m struggling with the fact that I did not make a new …
WWU: I love this* … it so appeals to the sarcastic me. Oh how I wish we could implement it at work. I’m including a copy from the internet, as I don’t know who to credit for this brilliance! (I saw a printed copy being passed around at work … if you know – please …
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As I drove to work this past weekend and finally laid eyes on the very low in the sky VERY FULL moon, I found myself repeating ‘Crap … Crap … SHOOT!’ on the whole drive in … Where the full moon weekend, along with crazy weather, made it’s presence known. Fractured minds was the focus. From …
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WWU: Oh how I wish we could get through this flu season already! I took care of some folks this weekend who were producing … um … ‘body fluids’ in so many WRONG colors and shades (and we won’t even mention the textures or aromas!) … And now, it would appear various strains are spreading …
I’m so excited. We have spent the last 10 days without our (clothes) dryer. Some electronic part shorted out, and try as he did, DH couldn’t fix it. To and from the repair shop it went … THREE TIMES! It’s back today, AND FULLY OPERATIONAL! This means – my loving Fred Sanford (DH) can remove the …
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I knew it would be a strange weekend, based on the too-big-moon (NOT full, but still TOO large for my county), but – WOW! It was busy volume-wise, (Cold and Flu!) but I have NEVER taken care of so many ‘non-existent’ chief complaints: “I HAD a migraine, but it’s gone now”; “I had abdominal pain …
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One tough day and then – a week of … holding my breath! The twins are going to be ‘on vacation’ – across state lines (! … HELP ME!!!) later this week. I hope they have fun … I hope I can relax enough to think about having some fun myself… I hope I can make …
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True TIRED! It’s been a trying and tiring week. I knew it would be, but YUCK! From a never-ending list of chores, to a mandatory A.M. work in-service, in between a surplus of amazingly annoying emails [that my editor – DH – won’t let me vent about here … even though I said I would …
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Adult ADD. Is it an actual diagnosis? … Can you DEVELOP it? … Or CATCH it (like a virus)??? I think I may have it … The ideas are spinning so quickly (in my head), it’s hard to stay focused. So, then I try making lists (mental and physical) – but there are too many!!! So …
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Too many of my cases this weekend were about chasing numbers: dangerously low levels (potassium AND glucose – separate patients); dangerously high levels (alcohol AND drug); correctly predicting and reporting the number of hours someone would need to be monitored through the night before a family member could take them home (again, multiple patients); Q15 …
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