Friday night
Friday night I went to the HFAC to hear a wonderful, 21 year-old jazz singer named Rachael Price. She has a gorgeous instrument, rich, dark, smoky, and deep and yet light and she could make the songs her own! She says she learns about ten standards a year.
She is a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. She has a web site or two, so check her out. I really think she will make a name for herself in the jazz world-she has already sung at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Tonight as I was going out the door to leave for work, Michelle called and said I was on stand-by for 4 hours! Thank goodness, I didn't get to work and find out! That happened to me once before, and it has happened to Malissa, too.
So I have a little time to tell you all that the power of positive thinking is what I am trying to do at work. It helped me get through an awfully busy night, where IV's went bad, when there were no supplies at hand, no washcloths where they should be, no meds in drawers, orders done-but not faxed to pharmacy- meds not given by the RN before me-on and on and on! Everyone wanted pain med at the same time, NOT my fault, I had a list (of to dos) all night long, and doctor calls, and the night did not go smoothly-then my new admission had to go to surgery at 1:00pm and she had Alzheimer's and etc...
The power of positive thinking is much better than being all negative...
I am going to be upbeat!
Power of the Positive! I am going to call this.
Then I get off work, and am almost to the parking garage, when I meet up with the sister of a friend of mine-seems this friend, Cheryl, is a patient and not doing well but she is not on my unit, even though she ought to be... She has a rare blood disorder that affects her immune system, and she can't fight off even the simplest infections, when it is "acting up"- She just had to have an amputation of her right foot and now the left foot is going to have to be amputated! Now, what do I have to be upset about in MY life? They have to get her white cell count up, the infection under control, and then the amputation! Man! The right leg is healing nicely, but there is no guarantee that everything is going to turn out all right! She has multiple
chronic disorders, none of which she wants or did anything "to get" they weren't due to a wild lifestyle, simply genes and luck of the draw...
Everyone who reads this, do something spiritual for my dear friend to help her get through this latest change in her life-she would like that very much. Thank you.
She is a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. She has a web site or two, so check her out. I really think she will make a name for herself in the jazz world-she has already sung at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Tonight as I was going out the door to leave for work, Michelle called and said I was on stand-by for 4 hours! Thank goodness, I didn't get to work and find out! That happened to me once before, and it has happened to Malissa, too.
So I have a little time to tell you all that the power of positive thinking is what I am trying to do at work. It helped me get through an awfully busy night, where IV's went bad, when there were no supplies at hand, no washcloths where they should be, no meds in drawers, orders done-but not faxed to pharmacy- meds not given by the RN before me-on and on and on! Everyone wanted pain med at the same time, NOT my fault, I had a list (of to dos) all night long, and doctor calls, and the night did not go smoothly-then my new admission had to go to surgery at 1:00pm and she had Alzheimer's and etc...
The power of positive thinking is much better than being all negative...
I am going to be upbeat!
Power of the Positive! I am going to call this.
Then I get off work, and am almost to the parking garage, when I meet up with the sister of a friend of mine-seems this friend, Cheryl, is a patient and not doing well but she is not on my unit, even though she ought to be... She has a rare blood disorder that affects her immune system, and she can't fight off even the simplest infections, when it is "acting up"- She just had to have an amputation of her right foot and now the left foot is going to have to be amputated! Now, what do I have to be upset about in MY life? They have to get her white cell count up, the infection under control, and then the amputation! Man! The right leg is healing nicely, but there is no guarantee that everything is going to turn out all right! She has multiple
chronic disorders, none of which she wants or did anything "to get" they weren't due to a wild lifestyle, simply genes and luck of the draw...
Everyone who reads this, do something spiritual for my dear friend to help her get through this latest change in her life-she would like that very much. Thank you.