a week off

Yep, a whole week off...one extra day cuz I was sick. Beware of food brought in for "pot luck". I usually have a pretty strong stomach, but it really got me. Easter dinner...better with family. So, my neice is here for a week. I get to play the cool Aunt..as close to being a Mom as I ever wanted. Seems weird what with everyone else in my family having one or more off spring. I'm lucky I just get to enjoy them all. So, we will be spending a lot of time at the above scene...the pool, so she can got back home to the frozen north with a little tan and make her friends jealous. My oldest sister is in the happiest place on earth...Disneyland...don't envy her. She is there with her 4 kids and 5 grandkids...sounds like fun to some...can't wait to see the pics. Be safe and find some time to enjoy a day off.
Remember non noc nocere.

Busy,busy,busy

Well, this is one of my favorite places...it's called the hole in the rock. It's in Papago Park in Phoenix. It doesn't look like it from this picture but you can stand in the hole and look out over the city. We stopped there on our way home from a baseball game last week. Yep, baseball is alive and well in the Cactus league..we saw the D-backs and the A's. It was actually a pretty hot day...about 85 and sunny.
My nephew has made the trip to Iraq...he is currently about 11km southeast of Baghdad. Still doesn't seem real to me. Please keep him in your prayers.
Got some bad news from a traveler friend, her husband's sister's body was found Tuesday near a lake in York PA. She was a high school teacher and had gone out for a hike Sunday and went missing. They suspect foul play but are awaiting the autopsy results.It just makes me shake my head, what is happening to this country when you can't even go for a hike in rural PA and return safely? Please also keep them in your thoughts.
I've been working my 4 to 5 twelve hour shifts a week. It's been really heavy at work...one of my patients was on the floor the other morning when I went in to see him...ya gotta love to start your day that way. We had to use the Get-a-lift to get him off the floor...he's a big guy and really sick too. I was really impressed, even the nurse manager came in to help. I've had a couple of nice old guys the last couple of days as well, they love to talk about the state of the country. I love to get the time to talk to them, some of them have such great stories.
Well, headed out to the game again...Cubs vs. Rockies...be back with pics.
Remember first do no harm.

One of those patients

We've all had them...the patient that just won't leave...every time you go into work you just hope they have gone home or to another floor or anywhere that you won't have to take care of them. It's not that they are a difficult patient or even really sick...maybe that's what irritates me. I like my patients to come in sick and go home better not linger in annoyanceville forever. Mine most recent one is still on the unit and I have had him everyday that I have worked now for 2 weeks straight. He has TGV(transposition of the great vessels of the heart) and he needs a transplant...the doc is trying to prove it by bringing him in and putting him on dobutamine, now he's dobutamine dependant. It's a fight with the insurance where to send him for the transplant...but he's not even on the list yet. Makes going to work just a little more annoying.

Had a great trip to Las Vegas...saw the new Palazzo and a great little place just off the strip called Tuscany.It's always changing, they are building a lot of new stuff. We followed our friends advice and took the southern route from Phoenix into Las Vegas. We got to go through little towns like Searchlight Nevada...plus we hit Arizona, California and Nevada...always a plus to hit as many states as possible in your travels. The ever present question...did we win...well, yeah we won some we lost some but, it didn't affect our financial standing so, it was a good trip. Still waiting to hit the big one...as always first do no harm.