Chocolate Eyes

What have your chocolate eyes seen?

What has your sweet, soft baby skin felt?

Do you know I am here to help you?

Do you know that your Grandma brought you to the ER for help? She doesn't know what else to do. She found bruises...scratches..bumps...that no one can explain. This happened once before and she choose to believe the story that you were just clumbsy. Abuse couldn't happen to you. This time is different...unexplainable. You came to her in the same clothes you left her house in a week and a half ago and dirty. Your dad lives out of town and your mom and her boyfriend just dropped you off at Grandma's house like they did last week and the week before that.



Grandma is concerned and now we are too.



Today I pray you are safe and happy where ever you are.

Riverfest

I had my first Riverfest patient the other day...



Riverfest the host to Wichita's finest.



looks 60-something year old man tells me his story...I was at riverfest and the rushed to get my food so I wouldn't miss the next band. I ate it too fast but made it in time for the band...(says with a sure smile)... that darn* band had the bass and drums up too loud... my left ear is pounding. Then it made me dizzy and since I ate my food to fast I threw up. Doc you gotta fix this pounding in my ear, it sh0r' does hurt.



(* words subject to change)

P.S. This patient arrived to us in an ambulance straight from Riverfest.

Tornado Warnings

What a week of weather...storms...storms...storms...

usually I love them but then I realized that was because I am usually in the comfort of my own home. Safe in a comfortable basement watching the radar. This week I have been confined in the concrete walls of the hospital. Work Work Work. In the middle of a tornado warning with sirens going off and the calming hospital operator over the intercom "We are in a tornado warning please move away from windows and towards the lower level." Humans just never cease to amaze me! Despite this the patients keep coming in...and for the smallest things... tooth pain and a rash...really folks? Get to your own shelter.

Wednesday night I was off work by 11pm...pouring rain finally stopped but left its devastation on West street and all around my house. I live on an island when it pours so hard. So after much internal debate and longing for my own bed...I parked poor low-riding-Lola the Corolla 2 blocks away and started hiking. I am sure I was a sight to see..green scrubs...tennis shoes and a white lab coat over my head as the rain started again with random lightening in the sky. I walked in the middle of the street through knee high water. (Good thing I knew not to drive through it!) I think I am going to invest in monster truck tires and pimp my ride!

split lip

walking into the room I too would have failed a breathalizer.

19 year old kid...drunk...got in a Saturday night fight...looks like he lost

he thought it was just a bloody nose.



poor kid split his lip all the way through

it took me a long time to sew..inside and out...even harder when the intoxicated young man keep trying to talk. (By the way, I am his new best friend. yippee me.)



in the end it looked really good if I don't say so myself. (he won't know it was my first lip to sew) I got compliments from an experienced nurse and my doctor there.



most memorable part: cleaned up and looking better and put back together..the kid says to me "so doctor when can I drink again?"



stunned with the question (and being called doctor),. I was silent. The fast thinking nurse said "at least 2 more years when your 21" and like a good nurse practitioner I piped in "maybe you should think about never drinking again"

Sad Closing Day

The Olympics are over.
Sad day.
Now what will I do with all my spare time?
I don't think I can wait two years!

Olympic Obsession

I guess it started when I was little and dreamed to be a gold medalist…then I dreamed to be an Olympian..…and now I dream just to attend the events someday... funny how our dreams change… probably just reality setting in. One day I will travel and chant U.S.A with the crowds and be there for historical moments.

Those silly bios…they get me every time. I am just suck in to the lives and struggles of these amazing athletes. They have trained for this small moment in time for years. I can’t help but cheer them on. (I also think that any inspiring Olympic commercial narrated by Morgan Freeman makes me want to use my VISA that I don’t even have.)

Thanks to all who made the third Olympic party a success…what a fun time to eat food from around the world and watch the athletes perform with great friends!

Last count U.S.A is ahead with 6 medals. Go Team U.S.A!

This year I cheer from my couch but some year…some year soon you’ll see me there.

darn song

Come sleep come...

why won't you rescue me?

Instead.....
"YEAHAAAA YEAHA PARTY IN THE U.S.A"

Darn that catchy tune! Darn those lyrics!
Darn that Miley Cyrus!
Darn my racing mind!

Thanks ERIN! Thanks a lot!!!!
Good night....I can only hope!