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Unlawful Weather and the Root Canal - Take Two

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s totally disgustingly hot in Philly right now…. yuck!! I’m sitting here listening to Percy Sledge and watching Mary and Darcy on the floor playing Yahtzee, and catching up on my online life.
My root canal part two was yesterday… it went okay, pretty unnerving - pun intended, and it didn’t help that I had just […]

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Five Consecutive Days

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

That’s how many days I have off, starting today!! I’ve looked at my little schedule book five times to make sure, rubbed my eyes, then looked again, stood up, walked around, then looked again… rinse and repeat several times (I did mention before that I was a little OCD)… but yes, it’s completely absolutely […]

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Some days are stone

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Remember a few weeks ago I had a diamond kind of day? Well, last night was one of the “stone” kind of days. It wasn’t exceptionally busy, but I just didn’t seem to be able to catch up. I’d like to think there were mitigating circumstances, like patient acuity, the fact that I […]

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Tags: In real life · Nursing

It should be outlawed!

June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Really, it should.  There is no reason why 98F weather in Philadelphia should be legal!!  Anyone want to join me in sending a letter of protest to…. ahhh, never mind, I’ll just crawl back to my room and lay infront of the air conditioning.
And no, I am not a total wuss… I did get out […]

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Tags: In real life · Philly Places

Mary has a Zebra and Purple Hair

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve been spending a lot of time talking to doctors and in and out of hospitals because of various GI and ortho issues. It’s all a long story, not one that I necessarily want to rehash here, but so far things are good.
Turns out Mary has a really rare condition that is the underlying […]

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