The Week in Review

First of all, I apologize for the lack of blogging. I have just been too tired during the week. I only have free time in the evenings these days, and it is just enough to hang out with the hubby, eat dinner, and pass out in bed.

Last week, ETK came for a visit, & it was great to see her as usual! Hubby & I are glad that she may be making more trips to H-town with the new job. YAH! More ETK! :) Then she and Hubby flew up to OK to visit Hubby's dad & TT. I couldn't make it up there since I don't have PTO just yet, but glad TT & Lovee got to spend some alone time with their kiddos. :) I spent the weekend resting & all day Saturday catching up with one of my girlsfriends & finally got to meet her new baby boy. She has 2 little boys now & they are both such cuties. NO, I am not getting any ideas....but I did have a STRANGE dream last night which I will save for another blog.

This week was my first week as a FO PAC as others have called me. FULL-ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-CERTIFIED. ;) So, I can see patients on my own, bill for my services, write orders & prescriptions, etc. It was a busy week, but a good one. I feel like I am really starting to get the hang of it. YAH ME! :)

This was my first week to receive big thanks & a little gift from one of my patients. I worked hard to get this old man back to see us for a new tumor that had grown (the man is old & from another state) & thankfully my surgeon was able to get the tumor out. The patient was recovering in the hospital this week, but like a good little patient he got out of bed as we tell them to do (to prevent pneumonias and blood clots). He walked to the hospital rose garden and then walked all the way to clinic (on the other side of the building from the inpatient floors) to track me down. Lucky for him I was there that day b/c it wasn't one of my normal clinic days. He just had to give me a rose IN PERSON that he had picked from that hospital rose garden. How sweet was that!?! He is a cute old man, a bit crotchety at times, but cute none-the-less. He thanked me for helping "save his life." It definitely gave me warm fuzzies. That's why I am doing this job.

So, you have sweet patients like that.

Then there are the people that frustrate you. For example......WHY ARE YOU SMOKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE OF A CANCER HOSPITAL????? I don't know if this person was a patient or a visitor, but really. HOW INCONSIDERATE!! I understand that this is a difficult time, but why expose yourself and others around you to the carcinogens that probably helped you (or the patient) get to the hospital in the first place? No offense to the (unfortunately) many readers of mine that smoke, but I think most of you would be thoughtful enough to not smoke at/near a cancer center. P.S. You all need to quit smoking. OK. I'll get off my soapbox now. Sorry. You have to remember the people I am working hard/fighting for everyday now..... And I love you. And I care....

I need more coffee....

So the weekend: I GOT TO SLEEP IN TODAY!!! IT WAS SOOO NICE!!! :)

I think Hubby & I are going to spend this weekend planning for what we need to do to make our townhome ready to sell. We have more organizing, decorating, and cleaning to do before we can consider putting it on the market. I am sure we will look more online, too. Maybe drive around some more tomorrow. After some bad, long drives home this week (Hubby had one night where due to weather and a wreck, it took him over 2 hours to get home...rediculous!), I think he is getting more and more ready to move! :)

Know anyone that wants a well-kept 3 year old townhome? :)