I know this post is a little late - it's the middle of Sept., but I wanted to show off some of my garden........again.
Cheddar Cauliflower
Squash
Royal Golden Melon - It grew twice as big as this and turned bright orangy-gold. Mmmm and so sweet too!
Veronica Broccoli
Lincoln Peas with clotted cream
Purple Cauliflower
Kale, Cucumbers, ect.
Watermelon-growing
I stole this from the furry monkey
It's so funny!
Real Doctors Notes
1. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
3. On the second day, the knee was better, and then on the third day it disappeared.
4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
5. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.
6. Healthy-appearing decrepit, 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
7. The patient refused autopsy.
8. The patient has no previous history of suicides.
9. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.
10. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40-pound weight gain in the last three days.
11. She is numb from her toes down.
12. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
13. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
14. Skin: somewhat pale but present.
15. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
Tomorrow at work they are "going live" with a new computer system in the ER. They plan on "phasing out" the ward clerks/secretaries. Now with this new system the Dr. has to enter the info on all the pts and order all the tests - by himself - no I'm NOT kidding. Ridiculous. They don't spend enough time with the pts right now. Personally, if I were a pt I would rather have my Dr suturing my hand or something instead of entering orders!!!
Warning:Chicken Heavy Picture Post!!!
Lavender isn't broody any more! And she's almost done with her molt. Lookin' good.
She likes to hop up on this chair and eat the green bean leaves that are growing through the fence. She's the only girl who is light enough to do it and brave enough.
The big white blob, in these CT images, is not supposed to be there.
This 36y/o patient went to the ER twice, complaining of headaches and dizziness. The Dr. told him it was just a migraine, because he was under a lot of stress. He gave the pt. a prescription for some pain meds. Finally, the pt. made a third ER visit, because his wife woke up in the middle of the night and the pt. was screaming and convulsing on the bedroom floor. The ER Dr. (finally) ordered a CT. 
An acute hemorrhage with coarse calcification, suggesting an underlying neoplasm. In other words, blood and cancer.
There is also an 11mm midline shift from left to right.
He was transferred out and had surgery to remove the blood and as much of the cancer as they could get to. He is now taking radiation and chemotherapy, but he has lost the use of his left arm and leg.
Whoa!
This Saturday I broke the department record for most x-rays done by a single person in one shift.
The previous record was 17. I did 22!
My previous best was 15, but now I'm the new record holder!
And I didn't have to call in my back-up person.
Although, I did call her in on Sunday.
We had 2 traumas come in at once and I decided I couldn't do everything.
This week-end I did 52 patients total in 3 - 8 hour shifts. I think the total for all shifts was well over 100 patients. Plus I answered a million phone calls, refaxed ultrasound paperwork to the radiologist( the US tech couldn't get her paperwork to the right place, ever), entered all the orders for each exam (plus the CT and US exams) and made exam copies for patients.
What a week-end.
This is a new one-
ER nurse- "Patient X in bed 3 won't be over for their x-ray. They have to drive their wife somewhere. We'll call you when they get back."
Hmmm, I guess the husband's night sweats and chronic cough weren't worrying the wife very much. She still wanted her ride 'somewhere'.
The patient showed up 45 min. later. I made my student do the x-ray.
Better they get TB than me.
I went hiking in August with some friends. We also swam in the river.
This is a scary spider we found clinging next to a boulder where we crossed the river. It's about as big as my fist. Yuck.
Swimming in the river. 
There's a waterfall that runs over the edge of a cliff into this natural swimming pool. The cliff is about 20 to 25 feet above the pool. There are pockets of deep water in the pool and sharp rocks everywhere else. While we were there some local kids dove off the cliff into the pool. Thankfully, the didn't hit any of the rocks. I was prepared to call 911 though.
Well, in about 5 minutes I'm off to the big Department Meeting.
It's my day off, but there's no way I'm missing this!
I think the Boss and Others will tell us that they are cutting out mammography services from the dept. So.....my hours will be cut too. Sucks to be me, right?
Why did they hire me?
I left a perfectly good job (where I made more, but I had to drive farther) to take this job only THREE months ago.
Did they know they were going to cut mammos then?
I really don't want to lose my Mamms accreditation, but what can I do?
We will also discuss an inspirational book that the Boss gave everyone to read. I was not inspired. It was a hard cover book - $20 a piece + 75 employees = a ton of money they could spend somewhere else.
This woman waited a week to come into the ER.
She stepped on a needle. Part of the needle was sticking out of her foot, so she tried to pull it out. It broke off at skin level, but she thought she'd pulled 'most' of it out and the rest would work its way out.
It didn't.
Her foot started throbbing and she couldn't sleep at night, so she finally decided to come into the ER.
So.....I have a lot of interesting cases to share with you, but I recently had a tiny anonymity scare and I'm not sure if I want to keep writing this blog.
This blog is anonymous, for obvious reasons. I never use patient names or identifying info and I sometimes change stories, so they can't be identified.
But, I still don't want anyone (HIPPA,JCHAO, my boss, ect.) to know where I work or who I am ......So if you know me from the "real world", please keep it a secret.
Warning! This post is about chickens! No x-ray stuff AT ALL!! Just Chickens!!!
It rained today and I got some cute pics of the ladies playing outside in the rain/mud. They are officially HENS now. Their hatchday was Aug. 1st 2007. They're not my little pullets anymore (tear), but old lady hens. Imagine being considered old, over the hill, cull-able after only one year of life.
Zela busy hunting worms.
Scratch,scratch, scratch. Peck, peck.
Butter got a little wild in the mud. Your mascara's running sweetie!
"Hmmm, are these good to eat?"
"Yes, mumph, gulp, mmm, tasty!"
