close to home

You make me look good,

.....and I forget your name

You comfort my patient and their family,

.....and go home late to YOUR family

You help my student do the right thing,

.....and I never say "thank you"

You remind me of my duty,

.....and I yell at you for overstepping your bounds

You spend much time saying "yes"

.....when you'd rather say "no"

You find a wrong order,

.....and you call to correct it before the patient is harmed

You stand at the bedside of a dying child,

We are all reeling with vivid images of the Boston Marathon explosions. I see the poor 8-year old who was killed flash up on the screen and I cry. that family is irreparably injured, especially because the child's mom and sister were also seriously injured. At the time of this writing, I am aware of 8 other children who have been hospitalized due to the events that occurred during or following the blasts. Somewhere well over 100 others.

When I read something on the internet or elsewhere  about meningitis, or especially about the "meningitis vaccine" it strikes me that the ubiquitous use of the noun without an appropriate adjective could be confusing for most people. Don't misunderstand me, I am not talking about adjectives like "bad," "awful," or "life-threatening." Rather, I am talking about the adjective that indicates the microbiological etiology of the problem--such as "meningococcal meningitis" or "hemophilus meningitis," or "pneumococcal meningitis," or even "viral meningitis"

So, have you folllowed my advice, and joined Twitter?

Shortly after I wrote the last post I was gifted by discovering this article which had been written about me, and this blog,  and helps describe some of the tweets I share. By reading it you can get a good idea of how I use Twitter to share information, some of the joys in my life (such as when I capture a particularly interesting photo of a bird, other wildlife, a sunset, or snow), or to respond to others who live on the same medium.