From WDW to DL With Love - January 06, 2011 part 2

[mom4mad]

Must be everywhere. DH said the last 4 calls in the pediatric CV ICU have been non-stop. The last shift he worked in the newborn nursery, he arrived to find that 17 babies were born overnight

That beats me!

 

[JenKatt]

BTW, Jeff and I drank the Koolaid.
iPhones arrive in a week.....

 

[carmie3377]

BTW, Jeff and I drank the Koolaid.
iPhones arrive in a week.....

Well, I bought the iPod touch last week and now wishing I had just gone ahead and bought the iPhone. I see DH taking over the iPod touch in the near future and me getting an iPhone

 

[aan1701]

Jen you are so right about Disney making thing difficult. From what it sounded like is that they just threw this out there and gave the cast members no training what so ever. Bad show. As for the iPhone, I love mine and can't really see life with out it.

 

[CruznLexi]

Yes it has been crazy busy at my hospital too. I work rehab so it has been lots of fun.

 

[aan1701]

Wow I had no clue that so many of you work in the medical field. Forget the high price ships doctor, I will count on you guys.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Hey everyone....
We're finally having summer here. Took Jack to our very awesome local aquarium that has a water play area in it, the weather couldn't have been better and we had a very tired toddler at the end of it. We're also getting ready for our brief but very anticipated Wonder cruise in 3 weeks. We haven't been on the Wonder in 10 years.
Started to just look at ports and what there is to do. While we would love the snorkel, with Jack it's not really a possibility. I found a private shore excursion in Aruba that would be a sea kayak tour to De Palm Island which allows us to kayak with Jack. That would be awesome. I have very found memories of kayaking in Cabo with TDC Nala (and the wave that fried her camera).
Glad you got your premier pass Alan, it's amazing how difficult Disney can make things!!!

Well lucky you, cause the weather truly sucks in scotland!!Kayak thing does indeed sound fab.

Must be everywhere. DH said the last 4 calls in the pediatric CV ICU have been non-stop. The last shift he worked in the newborn nursery, he arrived to find that 17 babies were born overnight

BTW, Jeff and I drank the Koolaid.
iPhones arrive in a week.....

Drank the koolaid, it tokk me 4 years to get that

Wow I had no clue that so many of you work in the medical field. Forget the high price ships doctor, I will count on you guys.

All they babies
My neice always said she would bark when she grew up all the animal meds I gave her when she was wee (they were all human that we used for animals,but she never knew that)

 

[disfaninca]

Hello all. DDs oral surgery went well. The recovery....now that is a different story. She kept bleeding most of the day. She hasn't been able to hold anything down, not even her medication. Which worries me. We tried three times to give her antibiotics, and none of it stayed down. We will try again tomorrow. If she can't take any in the morning, I think I will call her doctor. My biggest fear right now is infection. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

It's wonderful to know we have so many people on this cruise in the medical field. I have so much respect for you all with everything you do.

 

[LindaBabe]

Hello all. DDs oral surgery went well. The recovery....now that is a different story. She kept bleeding most of the day. She hasn't been able to hold anything down, not even her medication. Which worries me. We tried three times to give her antibiotics, and none of it stayed down. We will try again tomorrow. If she can't take any in the morning, I think I will call her doctor. My biggest fear right now is infection. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

It's wonderful to know we have so many people on this cruise in the medical field. I have so much respect for you all with everything you do.

Try putting a cold wet tea bag on the spot and leaving it there. My dentist gave me that tip when I had an extraction and it worked beautifully.

The beer mug question - yes, you still have to pay for the refills, but at the rate for the smaller size beer, instead of the price for what the mug actually holds. My husband found it a darn nuisance to carry the thing around in case he 'might' want a beer - and the amount he saved, he'd have had to drink a lot to break even.

 

[JenKatt]

Try putting a cold wet tea bag on the spot and leaving it there. My dentist gave me that tip when I had an extraction and it worked beautifully.

The beer mug question - yes, you still have to pay for the refills, but at the rate for the smaller size beer, instead of the price for what the mug actually holds. My husband found it a darn nuisance to carry the thing around in case he 'might' want a beer - and the amount he saved, he'd have had to drink a lot to break even.

From what I read now, you can have something on your card instead of toting the mug around to get the deal. My brother (using his PhD skills) figured out it takes 9 beers to break even for the mug. On a 4 day cruise that's hard, on a 7 days cruise it's doable, on our cruise, it's incredibly doable.
Alan, you're way to big for me to take care of. My patients (when I still did patient care daily) weigh less than 3 pounds for the most part.

 

[carmie3377]

Hello all. DDs oral surgery went well. The recovery....now that is a different story. She kept bleeding most of the day. She hasn't been able to hold anything down, not even her medication. Which worries me. We tried three times to give her antibiotics, and none of it stayed down. We will try again tomorrow. If she can't take any in the morning, I think I will call her doctor. My biggest fear right now is infection. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

It's wonderful to know we have so many people on this cruise in the medical field. I have so much respect for you all with everything you do.

Sorry to hear about your DD. I was a senior in HS when I had all four of my wisdom teeth out and i remember how miserable I was afterwards. I ended up with dry sockets from drinking out of straw. I couldn't chew anything so I had to drink all my meals for a few days. Either I was too out of it when they told me not to drink from a staw or they didn't tell me. Anyway, it was extremely painful and it happened on a weekend. So, please, don't let your DD drink out of straw. It could save her a lot of pain.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Hello all. DDs oral surgery went well. The recovery....now that is a different story. She kept bleeding most of the day. She hasn't been able to hold anything down, not even her medication. Which worries me. We tried three times to give her antibiotics, and none of it stayed down. We will try again tomorrow. If she can't take any in the morning, I think I will call her doctor. My biggest fear right now is infection. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

It's wonderful to know we have so many people on this cruise in the medical field. I have so much respect for you all with everything you do.

Thats horrible for her, maybe you should see about meds to stop your dd vomiting, poor her,hope she is a bit better by now.

 

[CruznLexi]

Oh a 3lb pound patient! I have 350Lb ones! Last time hubby got the beer package and eneded bring some home. I think think this time he might do the mug.

 

[izma]

Hello all. DDs oral surgery went well. The recovery....now that is a different story. She kept bleeding most of the day. She hasn't been able to hold anything down, not even her medication. Which worries me. We tried three times to give her antibiotics, and none of it stayed down. We will try again tomorrow. If she can't take any in the morning, I think I will call her doctor. My biggest fear right now is infection. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

It's wonderful to know we have so many people on this cruise in the medical field. I have so much respect for you all with everything you do.

...the heart surgery was WAY easier!!!

This just sounds dreadful! I hope DD comes around quickly. I hate vomiting!!!!

JenKat, my DS spent his first week in the world in the ICU. You will see first hand how the marvelous work you people do pays off, when you meet him. Despite the rough start and the heart condition. He is HUGE-NORMOUS, has met all his milestones and for all appearances is damn healthy. I attribute a good deal of this to the help he got in the beginning...KUDOS to everyone who takes health care on as a profession!!!!

 

[JenKatt]

...the heart surgery was WAY easier!!!

This just sounds dreadful! I hope DD comes around quickly. I hate vomiting!!!!

JenKat, my DS spent his first week in the world in the ICU. You will see first hand how the marvelous work you people do pays off, when you meet him. Despite the rough start and the heart condition. He is HUGE-NORMOUS, has met all his milestones and for all appearances is damn healthy. I attribute a good deal of this to the help he got in the beginning...KUDOS to everyone who takes health care on as a profession!!!!

I always like hearing happy NICU stories. My last job was very depressing, we were the dumping grounds for all the really bad cases in the area. Lots of very sick babies who weren't going to get better. When we had a happy case we help onto those kids in our hearts for a very long time. Thanks to Facebook I can follow my "babies". My current job is in a small community hospital, much better outcomes since the average baby isn't that sick.
Of course as I say that we're waiting on our 3rd 24 week baby. FYI, a full term baby is 39 weeks. These babies aren't quite half baked yet!

 

[carmie3377]

...the heart surgery was WAY easier!!!

This just sounds dreadful! I hope DD comes around quickly. I hate vomiting!!!!

JenKat, my DS spent his first week in the world in the ICU. You will see first hand how the marvelous work you people do pays off, when you meet him. Despite the rough start and the heart condition. He is HUGE-NORMOUS, has met all his milestones and for all appearances is damn healthy. I attribute a good deal of this to the help he got in the beginning...KUDOS to everyone who takes health care on as a profession!!!!

So good to hear stories like this. It will definitely make DH smile. He has finished his pediatric residency but is doing cardiology fellowship/training now plus he also holds a PhD in cardiovascular physiology. He spends at least 60 hours a week on the cardiology floor and CV ICU of a very large children's hospital. It is so rewarding for him when children can lead normal/close to normal lives after being dealt a bad hand in life.

 

[Tigfanjeff]

Drank the koolaid, it tokk me 4 years to get that

Maybe we can get the cruise to run by the remains of jonestown?

 

[izma]

Maybe we can get the cruise to run by the remains of jonestown?

Kool aid could be the drink of the day!

 

[Tigfanjeff]

Kool aid could be the drink of the day!

I know I took it to the dark side, but you just made sure it stayed there

 

[danfromca]

Kool aid could be the drink of the day!

If Jonestown had had chocolate smoothies available, nobody would have even thought of drinking the kool-aid, and many lives would have been saved.