Business then Pleasure

Sorry about my absence, everyone. I’ve been too worn out to even think about blogging. By the end of the day it was just one more thing that loomed on my horizon which I could put off “till tomorrow”, so I did. And the tomorrows have sort of gotten away from me.

So, this may turn out to be a very long blog post – I’m writing it in bits and pieces in word processing, and then will transfer the thing. Since it’s my day off, I’ll work on it throughout the day, then move it over all at once. It’s the only way I can see to get my stuff done around the house AND have some time to play on the computer!

The blizzards we had seemed to occur every night we’d have Phlebotomy class. School would be cancelled; if you’ve ever taken night classes you probably know how challenging it can be to try to get people caught up with material when only one class is missed – we missed four!

And, the missed classes happened to be the ones which the students were to begin learning how to stick. We’ve been overloaded trying to get them back to speed on material and the physical aspects of phlebotomy. Didactic classes are finished on April 7, with their clinical rotations to begin the following Monday, so it’s imperative we have them ready to go. Believe me, I’m going to be happy to see this semester finished.


News from the Nursery

Some of you may have seen the national news. Dorotea went home on Good Friday. You can check out the news story from our local news here. I was her lab tech a couple of days prior to her leaving. She’s happy and in good health. She was able to go home with oxygen support, but it’s marvelous to think how far she’s come since those first frightening days. Her family was so very excited, and we were all excited for them! I hope we’ll get to see her from time to time. A lot of the nurses keep in touch with the families, but we techs don’t get to develop much of a relationship with them as we’re in and out of the rooms so quickly, with little to do with the babies except get the draws, (in spite of the fact that some people *ahem* keep wanting to go back to the rooms and cuddle ‘em).

The latest baby who needs our thoughts and prayers is a little one who was born with a horrific tumor. I believe it was removed yesterday. I saw her being brought back from surgery shortly before my shift ended. The tumor grew out of her eye socket, forcing her eye out and rupturing it; the tumor was as big as her head. We have one of the best ophthomology units in the world here at BHTS, and no one had seen anything like this before. She’s a beautiful little girl, and I’ll be anxious to check on her tomorrow when I go back to work.


CONTEST!!!

In February I had a contest for a book I believe it’s important for people to read. Only three people expressed interest in the book, so guess what???
All three are winners and as soon as I can get to the bookstore, I’ll be sending some books out. Tracey, Jeff, and Lainy – you win!!! I know how to get ahold of Tracey and Jeff, but Lainy? You’re going to have to send me your snail mail address. If you want to send it to me at madrigal at southslope dot net - that would be wonderful!

And by the way, Lainy – any chance you’re going to be at Flo’s in early May? It looks as though I’m going to get a few days away and am heading to KC for some time with TW and family. I haven’t written to Flo yet, but I’m hoping to at least get a chance to meet her and have lunch. But, I wanted to confirm my dates first. Just a heads up for you in case you were planning a visit!

And Trace – you like to camp, don’t you? How about coming up for LammasFest? Think about it. I’m trying to convince O to come to it as well. Of course, any other readers who might be interested in a Pagan gathering are most welcome too! I think Strings might be close enough to come as well. I’ll have more information about LammasFest with a link to the website once we’ve gotten it put together for this season.


Okay…I’m at a good stopping point for now, so I’ll just get this posted and continue on with other ramblings to post later.

I may not get to visit everyone’s blogs for awhile. You see, Firefox did an update while I was away from the computer for a couple of days and THEY LOST ALL MY BOOKMARKS! So, I’m going to have to rebuild from scratch, it appears. All my doggie rescue links, all my work stuff, all my blog addresses are just gone. *sigh* But, I’ll get it all back eventually!

Have a wonderful day everyone! I’ll do my best to get more posted very soon.