10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[RellingTwin]

jeanniec...where at MUSC did you audit? I work at MUSC!

Eric, I'd be thrilled to do the tour guide thing twice!


Colleen, pixie dust to your cousin. Ave glad MIL is doing better. I remember one of my instructors in nursing school telling us, if you want to stay well, stay OUT of hospitals!And if you are in a hospital, have someone with you to watch over you!It is scary

Colleen, when DH took the kids camping a few weeks ago, the dog spent 2 days looking for them! Hi to Don.

Kim great idea!

Richie, Anja, Jim, Kathy....get well soon!

Belated Happy Birthday to Haley!

We had our "inspection" yesterday and all went well! We start our move into the new clinic tomorrow!.

 

[alikat99]

Hi to everyone!!! Boy, it's been way too long since I've posted. Things here have been crazy!!

Pixie Dust to all that are not feeling 100%!!!

Emily is her usual self, getting into everything. She's talking even more now, and she can even count to 10 in spanish. Thanks to Dora the Explorer (her favorite)!!

I went to the doctor yesterday. I'm 16 weeks now, and the baby is doing fine. Actually, he or she is quite a mover. It took the dr about 5 minutes to find the heartbeat because (s)he kept moving around. I will go for my ultrasound on 12/16, so hopefully we'll get to learn the sex. If we do, we're going to wait to tell family until Christmas day.

Chris has been busy with work and church. And, just before the cruise, he joined a society of barbershop singers, and they are getting ready for Christmas concerts. He actually sings quite well, so this is right up his alley.

Well, I better get going, but anyone coming to WDW, please let us know. We are there at least once a month, and we love it when visitors are in town. Heck, we were there this weekend just to get the new passholder pin and to get Chris and Emily's haircuts at the barber shop.

Take care everyone!!!

 

[jeanniec]

Mary -- As you may know, I am a nurse but not currently taking care of patients. For about a year after we moved to Charlotte, I traveled throughout NC & SC auditing hospital bills for insurance companies (to make sure charges were correct). MUSC was one of my stops. This was about 15 years ago, and I worked with another nurse from MUSC comparing charges to medical record. Can't remember her name, but she was really nice and a pleasure to work with. Went back to "real" nursing and even teaching in the school of nursing part-time here for a while. Now I spend my days fighting with insurance companies to reimburse the hospital for patient care. Try to impress them with my clinical knowledge and convince them that the patient really did need to be hospitalized (sometimes true and sometimes not!).

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Hi Everyone,

Happy belated birthday to Haley -- doesn't time fly?

Amy - glad things are going well with the new one.

Jim went to the doctor and now he has to go for another test. It's some kind of stress test but with pictures -- can't remember the name of it. He has to call and make the appointment today but was told that he might not be seen before Christmas. He then has to go back and see the cardiologist after the test. At this rate he might know what's wrong by the next time we cruise!

Ave - hope your mil is doing better today. Hospitals are scary places. There have been 2 hospitals here in the last month that have disclosed that they did not sterilize instruments properly for some tests. For one hospital it was prostate tests and the other hospital it was colon and throat tests. I think the tubes were washed but not disinfected. They say that there's a low risk but any risk is more risk than anyone wants to be exposed to.

Hope Anja is feeling better too.

Wishing Kathy the best too.

Must get back to work. My desk looked great when I got here this morning but now looks like a tornado hit it.

Fiona

 

[piglet33]

Kim,

The numbering on the faces is a great idea. I'm #9, Haley is #7 and Lenny is #8.

Amy - glad to hear that everything is moving along good with the pregnancy.

I'll have to put Haley's birthday pictures up on a website (when I have time, haha) and post the link for all who want to see.

Gotta run, my desk looks like hurricane Haley hit it.

 

[alikat99]

Well, I took a look at the picture and Chris is #22, Emily is #23, and I'm #24. Great idea Kim!!!

 

[Viking]

Hi Folks,
Anja was lucky: It's just a strained muscle, nothing's torn But she had to go through the MRT twice. Those jerks didn't read the doctor's instructions thoroughly and checked only the rotary cuff and the biceps. The doc wrote instructions to check the pectoralis as well and so they had to do it again. Anja spent about three hours there She's already feeling better and is envious, because I can go and do The Pump tomorrow at the gym.

Mary,
we're looking forward to touring Charleston with you. If possible Anja would also like to see your hospital to get an impression of a nurse's work in the USA.
My colleague returned from his vacation today and we compared our vacation planning for next year. There aren't any conflicts Now we only have to wait for Anja and then we're ready to go.

I'm going to take a day off on Friday to have an extended weekend and will use the opportunity to go our recently reopened Museum of Archaeology in Frankfurt displaying one of the finest collection of dinosaurs and Egyptian artefacts in the world.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

I've looked at the picture -- what a neat idea Kim. I'm #38 and Jim is #39!

Fiona

 

[Twinave]

Hi Everyboby!

Kim, great idea. #35 is DH Mark, # 36 is ME! Ave', #37 is DD Mary.
Alikat99, so good to hear from you. And glad to hear that you are well into the 2nd trimester. Question...Do we have to wait till Christmas to learn whether you're having a boy or girl? We promise not to tell.
jeanniec, the insurance companies are a nightmare. And they love to blame the doctors/nurses for putting down the "wrong" codes. I spend more time on the phone with insurance companies then I do patients. And the patients just assume we know that last month thier insurance company sent them a letter, which they threw away, that stated the could only have thier lipids checked on the 2nd Friday of each month, and because we gave them an order for bloodwork, and didn't tell them to wait till next Friday, that they should not have to pay for the test that thier insurance company is refusing to pay for. Then call and scream at me when the lab turns thier bill over to a collection agency. Like I said...nightmare. Sorry...I got carried away. LOL Nursing..ya gotta love it!
Eric, glad to hear that Anja is doing better. Did you ever get the pictures I snail mailed you?
MIL doing better, we're going to try and spring her tomorrow.

Miss you all.
Later, Ave'

 

[Windermere]

Since I know Rodney and Susan won't reply I guess I'd better do it for them - they are 30 and 32.

Now we'll just need to compile a list in one place.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Hi Everyboby!

Eric, glad to hear that Anja is doing better. Did you ever get the pictures I snail mailed you?
MIL doing better, we're going to try and spring her tomorrow.

Miss you all.
Later, Ave'

No, Ave No snail mail from Florida so far. When did you send them? Usually it takes between 3 and 7 days.
Say Hi to Marc, Mary & Casey.

 

[RellingTwin]

I also have been fighting with an insurance company all week!A doctor ordered a TENS unit (for back pain) for a pregnant patient. The patient is in horrible pain, and has been, despite everything tried so far (meds, massage,PT) and wants to avoid narcotics. The insurance company wants a letter (already sent 3 times) so they can "review" it. This may take up to 4 weeks!!??? In the mean time the patient is suffering

Eric, sorry Anja had to go throgh the scan again. That is why they are called "Doctors ORDERS" NOT "doctors suggestions"! Anyway, good to hear she will have a full recovery!
Tell Anja I would be happy to show her around the clinic/hospital.Have fun at the museum.

 

[padisneyfan]

Just popping in to say hi.

I must have been having a senior moment when I tried to figure out how we were doing the picture numbers. I didn't see the picture with the numbers over the faces the first time I went in to look. I got confused when Colleen said she was number 21 and I was right next to her. Anyway, I am #17 and Norm is #11.

Hope everyone soon is feeling better.

Just think 1 week until Thanksgiving. I guess we will be stuffing our faces and enjoying a day off while our German and Candian friends are working. Then it is off to shop on Black Friday. Actually, I avoid the stores that day and will be working.

Nancy

 

[Mr.GoofyNut]

Kim ...FYI I'm # 14 and wifey is # 13.

 

[Viking]

Thanks, Mary.

Welcome on the Boards, Art

 

[piglet33]

Hi Everyone,

I finally got time to put Haley's birthday pics up on a website. Try this:

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/com.hp.HPGuestLogin?username=rcalderaro&password=39428341

Talk to you later.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Renee -- Haley's so adorable. Love the picture when she eating the cake! She looks like she's grown since the cruise and she's certainly standing on her own. They grow so fast it's amazing.

Welcome Art -- nice that men are posting this time. I know that Jim reads the thread but can't get him to post. Says that he has nothing to say. Told him just to say hi!

And yup we will be at work next Thursday and Friday -- our Thanksgiving was on the cruise. I use the American Thanksgiving as a clue to start to get ready for Christmas. We will have Christmas Eve at our house and Christmas Day will be at my brother and SIL's this year. My DB and SIL have spent the last few years travelling on Christmas Day but this year they want to host it so that's fine by me although I think I'll miss leftover turkey!

We are doing a cookie exchange at work and it looks like there will be 10-12 of us so one weekend soon I'll be baking a lot of cookies!

This week has seemed so long and there's still one more day to go before the weekend.

Must get back to work. Survivor tonight though!!!

Fiona

 

[bettemom]

MUCH TO CUTE !!!!!!

 

[Viking]

Nice pics, Renee!!
There's only one problem: I couldn't discover any Disney-stuff in that mountain of presents!!

 

[piglet33]

She got Disney stuff, they just didn't make it in the picture. She also has lots of Disney stuff for Christmas too.

BTW - here's the link for the pics from Cruisetoberfest II. I think I forgot to post it.

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/com.hp.HPGuestLogin?username=rcalderaro&password=15181146

Enjoy.

Renee