We lost a local hero recently. He was from my old neighborhood, and my family knew his family.
He was a Navy man in Korea. "Cold, cold." was all he would say about it. But beneath the wavy dark locks turned white was a smile that lit up the room. He was a hero on the seas of war, and on the sports fields.
Eventually, this government employee turned sports coach led NCAA championship teams, not once, not twice, but for years. He became a legend at my alma mater, PrivateU. Legions of kids in town went to his sports camps to learn from the youngest man who played on a legendary team that brought down an international power house in one of the biggest upsets ever.
But to me, he was a neighbor, a friend, a man who told a good story about what our town was like in the old days, when ethnic groups stayed close together for support. How the community went wherever they needed to help each other. Because Mom said, "I want you to always be a good person."
After I heard the news, I went online and I watched the interview I recorded for the local historical society and smiled.
His stories live on in a web site dedicated to the area, for a man who was a hero, father, family man, neighbor, coach, and friend.
Godspeed Tom....and may you get all the goals in Heaven, before the clock runs out.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Nuggets for July 22
Yes, it's back on its regular day. It's gonna be a long post with all the interesting stuff out there, so sit back and enjoy yourself or read in bits if you're working.
I'm really enjoying the heck out of this vacation so in between housework, networking and shopping (the other important "work"), I've been surfing away. Please enjoy as you see fit in your neck of the woods.
The nursing shortage
It's incredible how there is a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde thing on reporting on the nursing employment. One minute it's dire, the next minute, wonderful, since all those nurses contemplating retirement are staying. I'm just going to chalk it up to American business and the "short term syndrome". Basically, if it's not a problem now, it won't be later, even if demographic trends suggest otherwise.
I'm also crossing my fingers that I don't break my hip in the next 10-20 years, since I'll have to be my own rehab nurse the way things are going.
ACP internist (MD) weighs in on this topic and the glut of nurses.
Kathy Quan (RN) presents the other side: shortage.
Health news of note
Here are a few stories I found very interesting in the health arena. Somebody needs to take me to Greece to complete the one study, though. A long, faraway vacation would be very nice, thank you!
Sex and sleep are just as important as antioxidants (from the 360 blog at www.cnn.com)
This study about people on a Greek island was pretty hopeful in the long-term view.
Want to know if your health habits are making you younger or older? Check out the Longevity Calculator.
Disclosure: I do take an extra vitamin and mineral, but I don't traditionally recommend these as treatments to my patients. This article called Docs and nurses use and recommend diet supplements from www.reuters.com was interesting because it discusses how most doctors and nurses had little education in supplement use.
From the NY Times
This article from the NY Times shows Vets' Mental Health Diagnoses Rising among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Cases-Our Scars Tell the Stories of our Lives made me think about how I look at scars on my patients.
Etc.
Yes, they're released annually, and Madison didn't even make it in as an honorable mention, although some of our system hospitals did show up....way down the list. The US News and Report of America's Best Hospitals even has a couple not far away, if I do need one for specialty care.
Our friends in Canada put a great story in The Globe and Mail recently: Pop culture gives way to peep culture.
Fun!
And last, but not least, who's not going to have fun on vacation? Well, I surely am, and from the looks of some of these goodies, even people at work are having fun and entertaining others, wittingly or unwittingly.
Lost on the Floor just moved, but he is finding some fun in Chart Bloopers.
Braden and many of the ER nurses are always finding great patient complaints. Here's one of his latest patient reasons for visits to the ER at 20 out of 10.
Ahoy! Yes, I'm married to an escaped sailor, so I'm just going to have to order one of these nursey things for my locker, because somedays, I'd really like to raise the Jolly Roger when storming the poop deck on evenings.
I'm really enjoying the heck out of this vacation so in between housework, networking and shopping (the other important "work"), I've been surfing away. Please enjoy as you see fit in your neck of the woods.
The nursing shortage
It's incredible how there is a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde thing on reporting on the nursing employment. One minute it's dire, the next minute, wonderful, since all those nurses contemplating retirement are staying. I'm just going to chalk it up to American business and the "short term syndrome". Basically, if it's not a problem now, it won't be later, even if demographic trends suggest otherwise.
I'm also crossing my fingers that I don't break my hip in the next 10-20 years, since I'll have to be my own rehab nurse the way things are going.
ACP internist (MD) weighs in on this topic and the glut of nurses.
Kathy Quan (RN) presents the other side: shortage.
Health news of note
Here are a few stories I found very interesting in the health arena. Somebody needs to take me to Greece to complete the one study, though. A long, faraway vacation would be very nice, thank you!
Sex and sleep are just as important as antioxidants (from the 360 blog at www.cnn.com)
This study about people on a Greek island was pretty hopeful in the long-term view.
Want to know if your health habits are making you younger or older? Check out the Longevity Calculator.
Disclosure: I do take an extra vitamin and mineral, but I don't traditionally recommend these as treatments to my patients. This article called Docs and nurses use and recommend diet supplements from www.reuters.com was interesting because it discusses how most doctors and nurses had little education in supplement use.
From the NY Times
This article from the NY Times shows Vets' Mental Health Diagnoses Rising among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Cases-Our Scars Tell the Stories of our Lives made me think about how I look at scars on my patients.
Etc.
Yes, they're released annually, and Madison didn't even make it in as an honorable mention, although some of our system hospitals did show up....way down the list. The US News and Report of America's Best Hospitals even has a couple not far away, if I do need one for specialty care.
Our friends in Canada put a great story in The Globe and Mail recently: Pop culture gives way to peep culture.
Fun!
And last, but not least, who's not going to have fun on vacation? Well, I surely am, and from the looks of some of these goodies, even people at work are having fun and entertaining others, wittingly or unwittingly.
Lost on the Floor just moved, but he is finding some fun in Chart Bloopers.
Braden and many of the ER nurses are always finding great patient complaints. Here's one of his latest patient reasons for visits to the ER at 20 out of 10.
Ahoy! Yes, I'm married to an escaped sailor, so I'm just going to have to order one of these nursey things for my locker, because somedays, I'd really like to raise the Jolly Roger when storming the poop deck on evenings.
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