1. Mum and Dad are coming for a visit! They'll be coming here in mid-August. They are over the moon, of course. They've never been to the United States. Of course, there are all kinds of things they want to experience. Mum wants to do the New York City thing, so we'll probably take a long weekend there. Dad is keen to do some hiking and other ( Read more... )

1. File this one under "Cash or Credit." 24 y/o female, C/C vaginal bleeding times 3 hours. Should have bucked her over to CNR, but once again they were slammed. What the hell, keeps me in practice doing pelvics. I get her up in the stirrups - lo, and behold! - there's a VISA card lodged in her vagina. I desperately wanted to write "in future, only ( Read more... )

1. Life is chugging along. I've been doing more baking in my downtime, and think that I may yet have perfected my snickerdoodle recipe. Baking and knitting - ah, yes, exciting times in the life of the confirmed spinster! I even have the requisite feline companion. Toby is not impressed with my snickerdoodles, but he does like the various catnip ( Read more... )

Covered Mathilde on the Sunday graveyard shift. Yup, I worked 2300-0700 at City. What can I say - poor Mathilde came down with the horrible stomach thing that's been going around. As a matter of fact, she wound up coming back to the hospital while I was on shift - as an admission! Dehydration is no laughing matter ( Read more... )

It's been a little hectic lately. I won't deny that. Palm Sunday at the Church of the Ascension was lovely. I never knew that giving up meat would be so blasted difficultToby is his usual wonderful self. He makes a great television companion. Not so much a great web-surfing companion. He seems to think my monitor exists to backlight his lovely tail ( Read more... )

I've been looking back at the past month or two, and that I've got dreadfully behind on knitting projects and television watching. Ah, well, hopefully there'll be a nice lull and I can get some knitting done AND catch up on crap telly.

Here are some of the latest train wrecks I've been watching on the telly:

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. I ( Read more... )

In order that you may laugh (and in accident and emergency we laugh that we may not cry) I have a new list: funniest chief complaints! Matt, Cia, all other medical professionals, feel free to add on in the comments. Names redacted because HIPAA.

1. "It hurts when I fart."

2. "I had déja vu in the shower and got real nervous ( Read more... )

1. Influenza. I hate it, my darlings. And yet for the past couple of weeks I saw so much of it - either mild or moderate cases in the clinic, or complications at City, or poor Cia (who is thankfully on the mend) staying with me. I thank Christ that I did not come down with it. I also want to point out that all the doctors working with me were ( Read more... )

1. musicalalana - I finally finished knitting the baby caps! Let me know a good time to get those to you.

2. I've been spending a lot of time with the French Mafia of late. My prayers and thoughts are with the people of France - all the people of France, no matter the race or religion ( Read more... )