17 July 09

I was called from work to be "on call", so we will see if I work today or not. In some ways that is good, because I am accumulating too much PTO. If it goes too high, then I just lose the hours.

I hoed one part of my garden--the west part around the tomatoes, peppers, corn, and onions. I need to hoe now around the beets and potatoes. I just leave the potatoes in the ground and dig them up when we need them, but there is no use in have the area covered with grass.

When I mowed the other day, I completely missed a section. Maybe that happens when a person gets older.

I'm also study for PALS--Pediatric Advanced Life Support. I've never, in 34 years of nursing, had to code a child, and even though we have someone under 16 in out ICU very rarely--like 3 or 4 times a year, the hospital insurance carrier mandated that the nurses needed PALS. OK so I'll take it on August 20-21. I'll probably forget what I learn, so will just have to use the Broselow Pediatric Tape which we have on our code cart.

Cheers