Shout and Out!

Yes, it's time for a shout out section again thanks to sitemeter, so here goes...

The international section

Yes, to all those folks in France, especially in Paris and aux alentours who keep meandering by...j'arrive...je suis un peu fatiguee a l'instant! Le cours d'info m'echappe!

Hello to all the other folks coming by from India and the Philippines. I have to mention the people getting here from Under the Mosquito Net out of beautiful Bangladesh. Thanks Randall for the link by which they got here!

In the western hemisphere

I'd be remiss if I didn't thank maha from Call Bells Make Me Nervous. So many people lately come by way of your blog. Many, many, many thanks, and if I'm ever in your neck of the woods, I'll have to stop and say hi. Kim at emergiblog also sends lots of people here, so I am very, very grateful. (I'll be jumping up and down when I have 10% of Kim's traffic!)

And all the readers from Kansas City, MO; Atlanta, GA; and all sorts of good folks around Houston, TX, especially at the Health Sciences Center, thanks for coming by.

So now more stuff...

Lately, I almost feel like doing a gutteral scream and yelling, "Out!" Out to the dog who goes from sleeping to sick...all over carpets and flooring. Out to kid who says, "Mom, can we change the channel to the Kid channel?" about 40 times at once. Out to all the stuff I have stuffed around the house that I really need to get rid of, once and for all. Out to all of the computer demons who have been inhabiting two of my oldest computers. Not viruses, mind you, just plain old out-of-resources, maxed-out memory craziness.

Recently, I really wanted to tell a patient, "Out!" Said patient is getting ready to discharge yet again after the latest of said patient's plastic surgeries. Multiple issues I really can't discuss abound, but as usual, patient likes to have fun with the nurses by causing psychosocial issues. One minute, patient makes you look great in front of providers. Next minute, patient is telling you how his/her legs were moved incorrectly during transfer and that popped the colostomy bag.

To save time and patient satisfaction scores, I excused myself and took a time out. I got some labs that were needed and said patient talked on the phone. By the time I got back, I was accused of not listening, but I got patient out of bed and out of the room. Thankfully, patient took self off the unit outside, which got rid of some of my angst.

I have a plan, folks. It shall be implemented fully any day now. It's called vacation. I'm not going anywhere, but I will be doing something. Homework in multiple senses of the word. I've got my assignments, now I just have to produce the papers.

Finally, since it's 09/09/09, I'll just twist and shout over to the record store. Today is remastered Beatles release day.

More to come...