MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Milliner's Dream' source. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:51:03 +0100 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-end-dry-writing-spell-in-one-day.html I have felt as if I have not had anything worthwhile to say for some time. Either I literally had not a thought in my head, or those thoughts were dull and boring, or downers. Or, worse yet, I couldn't get them from head to fingers to keyboard to screen. Here's how, in one day, I felt as if I had that dull streak end.Start to feel better (after 5 days sick, including missing a double shift at work)Drive to work on Election Day, by way of the post office to drop off ballot, and happen on a serious accident, before ambulances, medics or firefighters have arrived Assist with driver of car, which had been hit by a mail truck.Call out to the passenger, as help arrives, to reassure himWonder why I have been at the scene of four serious accidents over the years Wonder how many votes will not be c... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939018 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0100 1939018 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/things-will-improveright.html There are days. And there are days. What is that song lyric? Some days you are the windshield, and some days you are the bug?Tonight was a come-home-and-binge-on-cookies-and-catch-the-cat-drinking-out-of-my-milk-glass-night. Tonight was a try not to cry anymore night.I am not damaged goods. I am not worthless. I deserve happiness. I'm a good woman. I am strong and smart and God loves me, even if people treat you like crap sometimes and it feels like no one loves now or ever will again.It just doesn't always feel that way. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911334 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0100 1911334 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/ah-ah-ah-ah-stayin-alivestayin-alive.html Doctors have discovered that the disco tune, "Stayin' Alive", has the correct speed and rhythm (103 beats per minute) for stayin' alive. The song, written and recorded by the Bee Gees (aka the Brothers Gibb), and made popular in the movie, "Saturday Night Fever.", was chosen as the primo tune for keeping the right pace for CPR.I see a new dance in clubs--hands in front of you, one hand atop the other, standing tall, and pumping hands down and then up, with a shoulder roll... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883306 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:57:00 +0100 1883306 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/get-well-soon-nancy.html I have taken care of numerous patients who have fractured their pelvis, hip or are recovering from surgery for total hip replacement or hip or knee repair. So I know what Mrs. Reagan, (Nancy, Ronald Reagan's widow) will be going through in the coming months.Rehab, rehab, rehab.God bless her! (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879820 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:32:00 +0100 1879820 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/double-shift-sundays-part-three.html 1100 to 1125- Check blood sugars and insulin per orders for four patients prior to lunch1125 to 1300- Med pass to patients for pre-and post-lunch ordered medications1200 to 1230- Help pass lunch trays and help feed or cue patients to eat1300 to 1330- Computer charting on eight patients "on alert" for recent falls, changes in meds, changes in condition or who are new admits1330 to 1350- Run to medication room in nurse's station and to supply room for med cart supplies: straws, cups, over-the-counter meds needed for house supply drawer of cart, and tube feeding kangaroo pump set, and re-supply cart for evening shift.1350 to 1410- Assess patient who has fallen, begin resident incident report, fax MD and phone POA (power-of-attorney), son of patient, about patient's fall. 1410 to 1415- Take vi... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879821 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:07:00 +0100 1879821 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/double-shift-sundays-part-deux.html 0600- Look over patient labs, recent faxes and administrative memos as NOC shift nurse gives report to Skilled (long term care) Charge Nurse.0613- NOC shift nurse begins giving me report for my Medicare hall (rehab wing for patients who are post-stroke, post-surgery, etc.) 0628- Count narcotics with NOC shift nurse for my med cart.0640- to 0710- Check blood sugars and give insulins per order and coverage insulin per sliding scale when needed to six diabetic patients on my hall, prior to breakfast 0710 to 0930 - Pass medications to 21 patients on my wing per orders and prn meds as requested ( prn= "as needed" medications requested for pain, shortness of breath, etc.), set up nebulizer treatments for three patients, help feed two patients who need cueing.0730 to 0745- Help pass breakfast tra... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873035 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:28:00 +0100 1873035 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/double-shift-sundays-part-one.html 2330, Saturday-- Home from friend's house. Holly, the feline, is underfoot and happy to see me. Load coffee maker with water, filter and coffee for the morning.Midnight-- To bed, with Holly planted firmly at my side.Overnight-- wakened by text messages coming in on my cell phone/alarm clock. Note to self: get a new battery alarm clock so I can turn the phone off at night. (Power goes out here so often, in the woods, that I have quit using the electric-plug-in clock as it is untrustworthy.)0435, Sunday-- clock alarm goes off.0436-- Turn on shower, to get the water warm.0437-- Push button on coffee maker to start brewing.0439-- Get uniform out of the closet and jump in the shower.0455-- Dress, try to wake up.05o0-- Pour coffee, eat banana, while watching Headline News on CNN.0515-- Make sure... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873036 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:58:00 +0100 1873036 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/chain-letter-and-word-games.html Usually I am not fond of group emails.They smack of the "chain letters" I used to get as a kid. I think I tried once to copy the same letter eight (or twelve!) times in long hand--before I realized it was a waste of my time, nothing would happen if I broke the "chain." I figured out that I would rather be playing with my neighborhood girlfriends, our "Dawn" (remember them?!) dolls and the dollhouse my Dad built for me and Mom had painted, wallpapered and carpeted with scraps of carpet from our (real) house and furnished with strangely cool plastic furniture.I loved this one. This isn't a cop out. I really am a word person--a wannabe wordsmith. So I must share this group email (and I quote):I am only sending this to my smart friends. I could not figure it out and had to look at the answer. ... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1856009 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:22:00 +0100 1856009 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/10/back-online.html I'm back. Thanks to T-Mobile.Back in August I got a new phone, added Internet to my service. I was then able to connect to the Internet anywhere my cell phone works, just by connecting laptop to phone with a USB cable. A few weeks ago, just before my parents visited, my new phone died.My replacement phone arrived two days ago and I am now able to access the Internet again! That means I can check e-mail again, pay bills with my computer, and blogging is possible again.***** ***** *****My parents visit was restful and refreshing. When I first had to tell my them months ago that I was separated, and then getting divorced, I was fearful and embarrassed. Even as an adult woman, there was a hesitation to tell my Mom and Dad that I was in this situation.The end of our marriage certainly was a two... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1850973 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0100 1850973 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/sugar-sugar.html The last ten days or so, have been chocked full of lessons, one after another, whether I liked it or not.The other day I thought I lost my purse. The purse is just a cheap purse masquerading as an expensive, leather, designer bag, (from the dollar store, no kidding.) The purse wasn't the big deal. It was everything in the purse. Practically the smallest purse I own or carry, it contained way, WAY too much information. I realized that while I had been sympathetic for a friend's losing their wallet recently, I now would have a genuine empathy for the . Been there, done that. Fortunately for me, the empathy comes from that sense of thinking I lost the purse, not actually from losing all it contained. I picked up a simple sugar packet the other day at work. I was about the "goop up" a patient'... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729350 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:51:00 +0100 1729350 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/ew-weeits-been-hot-here.html MyHotComments (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709041 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:46:00 +0100 1709041 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/sooothis-is-what-day-off-looks-like.html Yesterday was my sixth (nurse) work day in row. In the middle of those six days I pulled two unexpected doubles. (A co-worker who had given notice at work called and said she was "done" and not coming in for her last two NOC shifts. My next paycheck will be...pleasantly padded.)Today I am off. No, not off, but teaching tonight. I am OFF. All day. All evening.To do list:--Sleep in. (This was foiled because some handy man the landlords hired showed up in my driveway, under my open bedroom window at 9 a.m. and woke me. Oh, well...)--See both manboys, take lunch over and visit with them and eat lunch with them.--Blog, watch Olympics, bond with Holly (my feline roommate.)--See grandson (hereafter called grand-manboy) and keep him while his Dad goes to work, until his Mom gets off.--Pack boxes o... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709042 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:07:00 +0100 1709042 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/it-was-dark-and-stormy-night.html In 1830, Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, penned the famous words "It was a dark and stormy night," to begin his (lesser known) novel, "Paul Clifford." Those words, along with others ("It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done...") have etched themselves into our collective psyches, haunting us even when the author, book title and plot are unknown.I can't remember a time I haven't wanted to write. Or rather, not just write, but be a writer. I have folders of writing assignments from school, from as early as the 4th grade. In 5th grade, Ms. Kerr assigned a weekly essay, sometimes with a topic and other times we had full reign to be creative and come up with our own ideas. I began writing a novel that year, and still have it half written. Every once i... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1704681 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:24:00 +0100 1704681 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/gone-but-not-forgotten.html Deuteronomy 30:19, 20This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live, and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life...***** ***** *****Last night, the NOC shift nurse and I were doing pass down. This means counting the narcotics in the med carts, handing over the keys and I was giving report from our PM shift goings-on. Then one of our amazing NACs (certified nursing assistants) came into the nurse's station."I could be crazy, but I think Seymour* has passed away," she said.The other nurse and I headed down to this hospice patient's room together. The other NAC was waiting in the room. "I just chec... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1704682 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:10:00 +0100 1704682 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/yeh-im-online-now.html 8 months old today! (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1688981 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +0100 1688981 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-calorie-dinner-break.html On my dinner break from work last night I was able to go see all my kids--manboy#1, his lovely wife, their son--my grandbaby, and manboy#2. What a peaceful, relaxing, cheering time. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1688982 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:24:00 +0100 1688982 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/t-mobile-rocks.html I've been a T-Mobile customer for over ten years. I've always had good service. Thanks to T-Mobile technology I have more praise for them now. This week I was able to purchase a $30. USB cord, add internet service to my phone for $20. a month.This means that by plugging phone to laptop I now have internet service anywhere the phone works. It's like roving WiFi. Including at home!This means I will save gas and coffee money...I will only go to Starbucks and my other favorite hang outs to HANG OUT. Not to check e-mail, post on this blog, or to pay bills online. It means I don't have to carry the laptop with me. Woohoo! (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1688983 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:16:00 +0100 1688983 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/08/rock-hard-place.html All bloggers have dealt with unpleasant comments. We delete them, or post them and comment back. Periodically there are those who jump from blog to blog, making comments about a certain topic. Child birth advocate bloggers know that this is common.I have been receiving comments--not from those I know personally, but others, who are critical and vulgar. Therefore, at least for the time being, I have had to disable the comments.I found myself between a rock and a hard place--disable comments, or delete the blog. It felt like letting those who are critical and cruel win if I deleted the blog. So...I didn't. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1686202 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:33:00 +0100 1686202 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/07/timeline-for-inquiring-minds.html I have recently noticed that I can tell how long it has been since I have heard from (or contacted) friends and acquaintances.Do they know manboy #1 has been married for sometime? Do they know I am working as a nurse? Do they know I am a grandmother, since grandboy was born in December 2007? Do they know that youngest son is already 20 (!) and will be 21 in the Fall? Do they know I was separated in January? Do they know I was facing a divorce? Do they know it is now final?***** ***** *****Blast from the past: received an e-mail from a childhood friend today, sent a few days ago. He had phoned my mother to ask a favor (pick up the cake for the anniversary party he is coordinating for his parents--friends of my folks.) He dropped me a line to say he was thinking of me since Mom filled him in... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671482 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:10:00 +0100 1671482 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/07/starbucks-stargazing.html Starbucks new free internet use, with a registered card, has been a wonderful thing for me. There is very little opportunity for me to get online, timewise. I'm looking at options for internet use at home, but it's a pricey prospect. After work on my "Friday" (although tonight is indeed only Monday) allows me the chance to visit "my" Starbucks and blog...once in awhile, anyway.When I get home on really clear, colder nights, the sky overhead looks like a carpet of the constellations. When I get out of the CRV and look up, I swear, it feels as if a black velvet remnant of cloth has had holes poked in it from above, and white twinkling Christmas lights have been pushed through. Last night it was even weirder--it was partly cloudy. Parts of the sky showed the stars through and the rest was cov... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660718 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:10:00 +0100 1660718 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/07/things-we-shouldnt-know.html This coming week I will appear in court to finalize the divorce from my husband of 25 years. Our anniversary would have been on the 29th of this month.There are certain things I've always felt we just shouldn't--or usually just don't-- know. The date of the birth of a child. The date of our last menstrual period. The date of the end of a friendship, marriage or the date of our death. I have found singleness, in the last 7 months, to have it's ups and downs. Just like marriage. Today, as I anticipate the next few weeks, I have a nauseous feeling in my stomach, shaky hands and hold back tears. I will survive. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634862 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:34:00 +0100 1634862 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-never-promised-you-rose-garden.html My landlords built their house about 20 years ago (in their 60's) themselves. She designed the home, (as well as several others in the "neighborhood.") My apartment, above the garage, was originally her design/art studio. When her sister needed a place to stay, they converted the studio to an apartment. Eventually, her sister had trouble climbing the stairs, so they built another apartment on the back of the house and rented the space where I now live. At some point her sister went to assisted living, and both apartments became income for them.My landlady is also a rose expert, specifically climbing roses. I wandered the property and snapped photo after photo of the gorgeous flora gracing the several acres.Watch for many of the (accidentally) beautiful photos of these roses in upcoming pos... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1575411 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:22:00 +0100 1575411 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html On our first 90 degree day I enjoyed a day in the sun with a friend on Sunday. This included being introduced to sushi, a baseball game, blues music, Chinese food, among other things. For my inaugural sushi tasting we went to Sushi Revolution. Check out the pictures, but it's a trip! There is a conveyor belt that brings colored-coded-for-price plates of sushi around for you to choose. It's like Japanese dim sum. Next was taking in the Tacoma Rainiers game at Cheney stadium. Our timing was perfect, because just as we walked up to the ticket booth pre-game a gentleman was waving to reserved seat gold club member tickets he couldn't use and was giving away for free. Next was the Taste of Tacoma, just down the road. This was following by a brief stop for blues music at The Spar, but we decided... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560795 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:58:00 +0100 1560795 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/death-sentence.html Death is more universal; everyone dies, but not everyone lives. --A. Sachs He not being busy being born is busy dying. --Bob Dylan I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We fun hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race. --Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog comments, 06-11-04 A friend said to me today that the day we are born, we all have a death sentence. This wasn't to be morbid. It was in reference to living with the things we can't change (or can, but are working to change) and dealing with life in spite of those trials and challenges--in our health, relationships, finances, and so on. I am so thankful to have a job (even when they are cutting our hours due to a low patient census.) I am blesse... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551320 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +0100 1551320 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/waking-up-with-my-roommate.html ...Holly (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531179 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:27:00 +0100 1531179 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-new-current-favorite-teeshirt.html (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531180 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:22:00 +0100 1531180 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-hair-days.html Two days, two different certified nurse's aides, same patient... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531181 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:05:00 +0100 1531181 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/random-strange-things.html I saw a semi-truck have a blow out day before yesterday on the freeway in a 70 mile an hour zone (60 for trucks.) I watched as the driver manuevered this immense vehicle to the shoulder and was amazed at his skill. Scary, but strange to see.*****I was minding my own business, in the bread aisle of the grocery store a couple of nights ago. A young man smiled at me as I went by. A few minutes later he approached. I was sure he was going to ask me where some item was...but no, he was asking me out. He was the age of my oldest son, 23. A bit flattering, but strange. Very, VERY, strange...and a bit amusing.*****I am proctoring an exam today for an ICEA candidate for childbirth educator certification. Awhile back she was doing her teaching which I was privileged to observe. Cool, but strange pos... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531182 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:54:00 +0100 1531182 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/sore-eyes.html In the last two weeks I have become more and more appreciative of my eyes. This is in spite of the fact that they have been incredibly sore--to the point of feeling like I have gravel between my eye and the lid.Initially the discomfort was just when I was wearing the contacts. Then it progressed to all the time outdoors, with or without the contacts. Now, my eyes are red and sore all the time, even wearing my glasses.Is it just allergies? Is it the suspect contacts? Is it the things I see at work, in the news and in my life?Time will tell...(Pictured: Me just before the attack the red eye monster) (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1516474 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:35:00 +0100 1516474 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/update-it-might-be-toilet-papers-fault.html In reference to this last post, a friend sent me this link to an appropriate cartoon. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1512131 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:00 +0100 1512131 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/hollys-new-trick.html Holly, the cat is either: a.) bored, b.) angry with me because she thinks she live alone or c.) hungry and thinks the toilet paper is edible... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499897 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:28:00 +0100 1499897 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/06/isnt-it-little-bit-sad.html ...when you reminisce about gasoline prices being "just" $3.85..."? (And to think I complained when it was going to $3.00...or to $2.00!) (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1492031 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:39:00 +0100 1492031 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/file-this-under-im-dating-myself.html When I was a kid, there was a saying, "Happiness is..." You'd "fill-in-the-blank." Happiness obviously has a huge range--from the silly to the sublime.So... for me, recently, happiness is:...hanging out with my two grown sons this evening after work for a brief visit...seeing these wheelcovers recently on a VW "Bug" in a grocery store parking lot ...taking care of my patients and feeling valuable and valued at my place of employment...blogging again when I can get an internet connection...supportive friends and family...hearing a doctor who came into work tonight to see one of my patients say: "Doulas are the best invention ever. Some of the best births had doulas attending! I need to learn from them. Doula: one who stands by...and I need your list of doulas for my Blackberry." (Source: Mi... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475141 Thu, 29 May 2008 06:50:00 +0100 1475141 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/amazing-but-true.html Hard to believe that back in July of 2007 we had no idea that this little person would become........this little person: (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475142 Thu, 29 May 2008 01:18:00 +0100 1475142 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/dateline-china-breastfeeding-police.html Perhaps you have already heard about this story about a police officer, Jiang Xiaojuan, 29, the mother of a 6-month-old boy, breastfeeding infants following the earthquake in China.CNN says she "responded to the call of duty and the instincts of motherhood when the magnitude 7.9 quake struck on May 12.""I am breast-feeding, so I can feed babies. I didn't think of it much," she said. "It is a mother's reaction, and a basic duty as a police officer to help." (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463747 Thu, 22 May 2008 18:36:00 +0100 1463747 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-didnt-want.html ...the apartment I dreamt of having when I was 20......or to be able to sleep in bright room without black out curtains......with a pretty bedspread and the matching pillows......with the bed in a dormer...... with a beautiful view ...from every window... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460934 Wed, 21 May 2008 19:28:00 +0100 1460934 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/perspective-through-pain-filled-eyes.html I sat on my porch yesterday, in a lawn chair, sipping tea. My hair was blowing lightly and the tree overhead was raining wilting flower petals like beige snow. I couldn't get over the dichotomy of the peacefulness there on the porch and the seeming "turmoil" of my life these days. Divorce is no picnic. And then I went to work. It was a difficult shift. Two patients took the majority of my time, even though I had a total of 18. One is a patient who is 48, with a cranial mass that recently hemorrhaged. He calls the staff vulgar names and hates being indoors because he'd been homeless the last eight years. The other patient's condition has just this week declined severely. She is now very altered calling out "Help me! Help me!", saying she has bugs crawling all over her, pulling at her clothe... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458502 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:34:00 +0100 1458502 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/childbirth-class-mixer.html Taken from an idea at Janelle Durham's Transition to Parenthood site, I created this to be used as an ice breaker on week two of my class. It was a big success! Childbirth Class MixerFind someone nearest your due date: _________________________________Find someone who has never changed a diaper: ________________________Find someone who has been having some back pain: ____________________Find someone who is planning to breastfeed their baby: __________________Find someone who is having the same gender baby (or who is also having a “mystery baby”): ____________________________Find someone who is sees the same physician or midwife you see: __________Find someone who isn’t packed for the hospital yet: ______________________Find someone who has had a massage while they were pregnant: ____... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432419 Fri, 09 May 2008 03:08:00 +0100 1432419 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/05/pleasant-boring-ness.html After the spelling lesson, I have decided to do a lesson in vocabulary. Boring-ness--meaning quiet, but not painfully so, and unbusy--without being dull.Work: We had an inservice on Peritoneal Dialysis on Tuesday. Fascinating~! We have a patient coming post-tko (total knee replacement) surgery who is a PD patient in a few weeks. Personal: Manboy #2, and I, went to see a movie together last night. Afterwards we shopped here, and got all the ingredients for his favorite salsa. (It's actually probably more accurately pico de gallo, the recipe a friend of mine, Tami, gave me years ago.) We then ate some of the fruits of my labor (after all, tomatoes are fruit), watched two movies we had also rented on DVD (and I fell asleep during the second one.)Birth junkie stuff: I'm heading off to teach, a... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432420 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:18:00 +0100 1432420 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/04/can-you-spellinnocuous.html Innocuous: harmless, safe, mild or bland...as in, "I will begin with yet another innocuous blog post, so I can get back into the rhythm and feel my way back into how to be a blogger."Have you ever purchased anything from a tv promo or infomercial? I think I have once or twice. Lately, I really wanted to get this, the PedEgg. I resisted; what if it's a waste of money? And why must I get two to order it online or over the phone per the ad on television?Well, the other day, I was wandering through WalMart, picking up something innocuous (toilet paper, I think, and dish soap.) There on the end-cap of the cleaning products aisle (why there?) I saw the PedEgg on display. Just one, and just $9.99 (compared to the $19.99, plus shipping and handling on tv.)It's magic. I have had three professional ... Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1406961 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:21:00 +0100 1406961 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-do-it.html I suppose blogging is like getting back on the bike...or the horse...or the computer keyboard.I need to get a camera.I currently get a kick out of this radio show.I just finished one of these here, where I am using the free WiFi, and had a spinach feta rice wrap for my dinner. The drink is a good second choice to this, which I grew up with, and prefer.I nested today, on my day off, washing and folding laundry, vacuuming, cleaning my pantry, and generally relaxing. It was a peaceful respite, completely alone. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1397631 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:48:00 +0100 1397631 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/04/grandson-of-year-award-goes-to.html ...Andrew! (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386806 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:14:00 +0100 1386806 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-do-you-do.html ...when your life has changed drastically?Do you blog? Do you blog at the same blog? Do you begin a new blog? (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386807 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:13:00 +0100 1386807 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-little-piggy-went-to-market.html This little piggy went to market,This little piggy stayed home,This little piggy had roast beef,This little piggy had none,And this little piggy cried, "Wee, wee, wee." All the way home.Daddy's feet... 1985 after 1 week of therapy at age 1 week...Baby's feet, one day old... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082064 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:15:00 +0100 1082064 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/did-i-tell-you-my-grandson-is-perfect.html Andrew around 1300 on Dec. 9 (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082065 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:56:00 +0100 1082065 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/andrew-at-last.html 12.9.07, around 1300... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082066 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:52:00 +0100 1082066 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/much-loved-little-boy.html (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082067 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:49:00 +0100 1082067 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/strawberry-blonde-fields-forever.html 12.9.07, around noon... (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082068 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:46:00 +0100 1082068 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-difference-day-makes.html Grandma's brag book (again...):Photos taken at around 16 hours old on Saturday, December 8. (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082069 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:39:00 +0100 1082069 http://millinersdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/hand-in-hand-in-hand.html (Source: Milliner's Dream) Milliner's Dream blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1080336 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:38:00 +0100 1080336