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This week is a bit different from most. On Monday and Tuesday, Tiffani wasn’t here (she’s usually not here on Tuesdays for her classes). Sally wasn’t here on Monday, either, since she was coming back from New Orleans (her home town). She was also unavailable on Friday due to a meeting, I think. On Wednesday, I wasn’t here (see this entry). Then on Thursday and Friday, Tiffani had to help on second floor so she wasn’t really available upstairs, although she still had to do some of the duties on fourth floor.
Monday, March 24, 2008. We had a fire alarm. We played ring toss. One patient at first didn’t want to come, then she figured she’d be the cheerleader, and then she ended up playing and winning! She reminds me of me, saying no at first but then ending up with yes by the end (Matthew 21:28-32). Rick left at 2:45 to go buy self-care supplies. Jennifer had offered a ride, but I wasn’t sure/was vague, so she left like a few minutes before I was ready, hehe.
Thursday, March 27, 2008. I miss one day for Magnificat House and I feel like I miss a lot. Rick reported in rounds for me since he was there yesterday and I wasn’t. I realize how hard it must be for Saturday therapists who aren’t the regular therapists during the week, because the don’t know their admission state and then cannot report progress that well. Someone left yesterday that I hadn’t anticipated so I had to finish his evaluation (I had worked on the evaluations on Tuesday of two guys who I thought would leave earlier, but I guess wrong). We had a family meeting and then it was appreciation day for a department so we grabbed some food and good thing because I didn’t have time to warm up the lunch I brought. Instead, I had to go and pick up the chili dog foodstuffs (Tiffani had gone before to get it but they weren’t ready - miscommunications). After the Cooking Group (whew!), I tried to convince a patient (he speaks English and Spanish) he had a mental illness, but he was withdrawn and just said, “Oh really, that’s what it is?” I finally left around 5:20 but I stopped when I saw two psych techs bringing one patient back because she had tried to elope. She was still squabbling and was the most animated I had seen her. I barely missed the bus (oh well). I was sure glad I drove home safely, because my eye was irritated and I really needed to use the restroom. Support Tina Huang as she’s trying to win the chance to sing with Rascal Flattson stage. She’s entered “Bless the Broken Road” into the “Be A Milk Rock Star with Rascal Flatts” contest:
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Friday, March 28, 2008. There’s this guy who, after the first time I met him, hasn’t spoken a word since. Well, it’s been two weeks, and today he was finally talking again! We had a new patient but they were planning to discharge him today so I didn’t even bother going up to meet him. The guy I talked with yesterday about having a mental illness–he left today, too. I made some little final corrections on the patient education brochure, got some feedback from the OT staff, then emailed it out to the committee. I evaluated this guy who had gout, and at first I thought he was malingering/had delusions. Oops, me being jaded again (because he’d walk, and then not walk, so I was confused). At home I worked on a Sudoku for two hours. I was also early with my weekly feedback to Professor Capshaw (but the sacrifice was less organization). Then I added money to my Q card, prepared for tomorrow (perhaps I need to use my laptop, papers, and books) and went to bed at 9:45 (not too late, for a Friday night).
