GOOD MORNING ALL,
A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC ONCE AGAIN CAME INTO LIGHT AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY,WHEN A WOMAN FROM OHIO REVEALED HER NEW LOOK AFTER RECEIVING THE WORLD'S FIRST FACE TRANSPLANT, AFTER BEING HORRIBLY DISFIGURED WHEN HER HUSBAND SHOT HER WITH A SHOTGUN.
ALTHOUGH I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE SPECIFICS OF THIS STORY,THE MESSAGE THAT I AM STRESSING UPON IS ORGAN DONATION.
THESE KINDS OF CASES ARE THE REASON WHY EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING SURE THAT IN THE EVENT OF THEIR DEATH,SOMEONE ELSE IS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THEIR LIFE THROUGH THIS ULTIMATE GENEROCITY.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS ARE RIPE WITH THE PROMISE OF LIFE. IN THE DECADES SINCE THE FIRST ORGAN TRANSPLANT, A KIDNEY, ON DECEMBER 23, 1954, SURGEONS HAVE SUCCESSFULY TRANSPLANTED MANY VITAL ORGANS-Kidney, Liver, Lungs, Heart, Pancreas, Intestine-AND SOME NONVITAL BODY PARTS, NOTABLY HANDS AND NOW FACES. IMPROVED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, ORGAN PRESERVATION, AND TISSUE MATCHING TOGETHER WITH INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE ANTI-REJECTION AGENTS AND ANTIBIOTICS, HAVE PRODUCED REMARKABLE SUCCESS. IN 2008, ONE-YEAR PATIENT SURVIVAL FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS WAS APPROXIMATELY 95%. FOR LIVERS, IT WAS AROUND 80%. AFTER 10 YEARS, THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR BOTH DROPS TO AROUND 55 to 75%-THE HIGHER SURVIVABILITY THE RESULT OF LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTS.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN TRANSPLANTATION IS THE CHRONIC SCARCITY OF ORGANS. ALTHOUGH 27,000 HUMAN ORGANS WERE TRANSPLANTED IN THE U S in 2008, 6,200 PATIENTS DIED WAITING FOR AN ORGAN THAT NEVER CAME-ALMOST 88,000 WAIT STILL.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS CHECKING THE BOX ON YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE.



"To Remember Me--A Poem by Robert N. Test, American Poet

Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face, or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.

Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses, and all prejudice against my fellow man.

Give my sins to the devil.

Give my soul to God.

If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever."

GOOD MORNING ALL, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A PLEASANT DAY YESTERDAY!
AS FOR ME, I SPENT THE DAY RUNNING ERRANDS AND DOING HOUSEWORK.
BEING OUT OF WORK HAS FORCED ME TO BE THE DOMESTIC GODDESS I'VE BEEN TRYING MY WHOLE LIFE TO AVOID BECOMING.I AM NOT A SLOB,BUT I AM NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION A HOUSEKEEPER EITHER,AT LEAST NOT TILL NOW.
I FIND THAT THE LITTLEST THINGS OUT OF PLACE OR A WRINKLE IN MY NICELY MADE BED,DRIVE ME INSANE. AND REALLY,DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED A DIFFERENT CUP FOR EVRYTHING YOU DRINK? CAN'T YOU USE ONE CUP,RINSE IT AND PUT IT ASIDE FOR LATER USE?
THANKFULLY I DO HAVE ANOTHER JOB INTERVIEW SCHEDULED FOR THURDAY MORNING,SO THAT MY MADNESS WILL END........OR WILL IT?????

GOOD MORNING ALL,
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND ARE PREPARED FOR THE WEEK TO COME.
"Weekends to me now seem to have an ephemeral quality, and I don’t like to waste them.
I don’t like to spend my weekends sleeping for hours on end, or not sleeping for hours on end, or just aimlessly killing time. My free time is valuable, and I try to make the most of it.
Or maybe I’m over thinking."
(Foss Forward)
My horoscope for today,(too much irony for a Monday morning)
Virgo
8/23 – 9/22

There are a ton of different emotions in your heart, but you need to feel them all.
Overview
Get organized! You've got the right kind of energy to put your life in order and make it easier to move forward, so if you get on it right away, you should be ten times as productive tomorrow.

GOOD MORNING ALL!
TODAY PROMISES TO BE A GOOD ONE.
MY HUSBAND IS OFF TOO WORK,AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE A FEW CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE TO DO FIRST,I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUTSIDE AND START PLANTING MY GARDEN, AND PUT UP MY NEW BIRD FEEDER!
HOW MUCH FUN AND THERAPEUTIC THAT IS FOR ME!
HAVE A GR8 DAY!

HAPPY VGNO

THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR THE HEARTFELT COMMENTS TO MY BLOG POSTINGS!

SHOULD I OR SHOULDN'T I?

TALKING WITH MY HUSBAND TODAY, I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT GET SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT MY NEXT MOVE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE REGARDING MY CURRENT SITUATION.
HE INSISTS THAT I SHOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE MY LAWSUIT OF WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER.
I HOWEVER AM STARTING TO RETHINK MY POSITION.
I REALLY LOVED MY JOB,AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT I WORKED IN WOULD TAKE ME BACK, I DO FEEL THAT I AM DESERVING OF AN EQUAL POSITION AT THE SAME RATE OF PAY THAT I HAD CURRENTLY RECEIVED PRIOR TO MY TERMINATION.
ACCORDING TO OUR LOCAL PAPER AND ON-LINE EMPLOYMENT POSTINGS ON THEIR SITE,THEY ARE CURRENTLY HIRING.
THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MY SUIT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
MY QUESTION: Should upper management issue an apology and suck it up and try to get their best talent back?

Here's a really funny post I just found: No Nursing Home For Me!http://www.morethansewso.com/2009/04/no-nursing-home-for-me/

WELL, THE VERDICT IS IN:

"The initial determination disqualifying the claimant from receiving benefits effective October 18th,2008,on the basis that the claimant lost employment through misconduct in connection with that employment and holding wages paid to the claimant by **** Hospital prior to October 18th,2008 cannot be used toward the establishment of a claim for benefits, is OVERRULED!

Every technical violation of an employment rule does not rise to the level of misconduct.
Accordingly I conclude that the claimant's behavior does not rise to the level of misconduct, and thus the claimant is not disqualified from the receipt of benefits.

***** *. *********
Administrative Law Judge

YEAH ME!
AS IT TURNED OUT, THEY HAD MADE A CLAIM THAT WHEN I REMOVED A DISRUPTIVE RESIDENT WHO WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS FROM THE DINING AREA INTO THE HALLWAY, TO TRY AND RECTIFY HER NEEDS AWAY FROM THOSE WHO WERE EITHER LAUGHING AT OR SCREAMING BACK AT HER,AND WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE STILL WHAT THE PROBLEM OF HER AGITATION WAS AND WALKED IN A STRAIGHT LINE APPROX. 20 FEET TO THE NURSES DESK TO GET HELP..... THEY SAID THAT WAS ABUSE!
WHEN WE APPEARED IN COURT,NOT ONE OF THEM WAS ABLE TO MAKE A VALID ARGUMENT, THE JUDGE KEPT INTERJECTING.
SO ALTHOUGH I MAY HAVE WON THIS PARTICULAR CASE,IT'S NOT OVER YET .
I HAVE FILED FOR A NEW CASE, SUING THE HOSPITAL FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER,LIABLE,SLANDER AND WRONGFUL TERMINATION.
THESE PEOPLE STOLE A PIECE OF ME THAT I CAN NEVER GET BACK.
WHAT THEY INITIALLY PUT ME THROUGH IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS BLOG WAS SO DEMEANING AND BELITTLING,THEY TRIED TO TURN ME INTO THIS MONSTER TO JUSTIFY ME BEING TERMINATED. A GIRL WHO NOT ONLY GAVE THEM ALMOST 17YEARS,BUT WHO ALSO DEVELOPED LONG LASTING FAMILIAL TYPE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS,WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS OF OVERTIME WITHOUT NOTICE,ATTENDED EVERY FACILITY FUNCTION EVEN IF IT WAS MY DAY OFF, RECEIVED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH,TIED FOR RUNNER UP IN THE NATIONWIDE CNA OF THE YEAR CONTEST.....etc. etc. etc.
IN THE SHORT TERM, THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THEY WANTED FOR WHATEVER REASON,BUT IN THE LONGRUN AND FURTHER STILL, I HAVE GOTTEN AND STILL AIM TO GET MORE OF THE ONLY THING THAT I EVER WANTED, AND THAT WAS A LITTLE PIECE IF NOT ALL OF MY DIGNITY BACK!

WELL, I WENT TO COURT ON WEDNESDAY AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT I HAVE EVER HAD TO DO IN MY LIFE!
THE BLATANT LIES THAT WERE TOLD ABOUT ME WERE REALLY HARD TO SWALLOW, AND ALL I WAS ALLOWED TO DO WAS SIT THERE AND LISTEN. I GAVE THOSE PEOPLE 17 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
NOW I REALIZE THAT MOST OF YOU READING THIS DO NOT KNOW ME,BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT I AM NOT THE INSENSITIVE, HEARTLESS CREATURE THAT THEY HAVE MADE ME INTO!
MY LAWYER WAS AMAZING THOUGH! WHEN HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, HE WAS ALL OVER THEM LIKE FLIES ON FLY PAPER! WHEN HE WAS DONE WITH HIS CLOSING STATEMENTS, THEY ALL HAD THE LOOK ON THERE FACES LIKE THEY WERE JUST PUNCHED IN THE STOMACH. I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEIR ULTERIOR MOTIVES WERE FOR ALL OF THIS, I HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN 110% AT THAT FACILITY, I MEAN C'MON I'VE BEEN THERE 17 YEARS WITH VIRTUALLY NO MAJOR INCIDENTS ON MY RECORD..... OKAY, SO I WAS CAUGHT ANSWERING MY CELLPHONE ONCE DURING PATIENT CARE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULD HARDLY CALL THAT AN INCIDENT, WOULD YOU?
HOPEFULLY I'LL RECIEVE THE VERDICT SOON. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS ALL BEHIND ME!
I'LL KEEP YA POSTED!

WELL I RECEIVED MY COURT DATE ON FRIDAY APRIL 17th, IT IS GOING TO BE ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 22nd. WOW THAT WAS QUICK!
UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND OUT THAT MY LAWYER WILL BE UNAVAILABLE THAT DAY SO THE FIRM IS SENDING AN ALTERNATE. I SPOKE WITH HIM ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY TO GO OVER MY CASE.HE SEEMS NICE,BUT I'M A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS THAN I WAS ORIGINALLY. MY HUSBAND SAYS THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. I WISH THAT I HAD HIS CONFIDENCE,BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPIERIENCE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE THAT WHENEVER I GET MY HOPES UP ABOUT SOMETHING,THE OTHER SHOE DROPS!
PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, AND I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW THE OUTCOME TOMORROW!

I'VE BEEN FIRED?

WELL NOW THAT I FINALLY HAVE LEARNED THE ART OF BLOGGING, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD JUST START JOTTING THINGS DOWN FROM MY EVERYDAY LIFE TO GET EVERYONE'S OPINION. I HAVE MULLED THIS STUFF OVER AND OVER SO LONG NOW THAT IT ALL SEEMS LIKE A BLUR,TOO THE POINT THAT I NO LONGER KNOW IF I'M COMING OR GOING. IT HAS DEPRESSED ME SO MUCH THAT MY DAY TO DAY ROUTINES HAVE NOW TURNED ME INTO THE COUCH POTATO I NEVER WAS!
IN NOVEMBER 2008 AFTER ALMOST 17 WONDERFUL YEARS AT A REALLY FULFILLING JOB IN LONGTERM CARE,I WAS FIRED.
IT TURNS OUT THAT A HUSBAND OF A WIFE WHOM I CARED FOR ALMOST 7YRS. WHO HAD PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY 2008,MADE A CLAIM TOO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN, THAT I WAS THE ONLY FRIEND HE HAD LEFT AND HE WAS GRATEFUL TOO ME FOR HAVING TAKEN SUCH GOOD CARE OF HIS WIFE,THAT WHEN HE DIES HE WAS LEAVING EVERYTHING TOO ME.NOW MIND YOU, THESE WERE JUST WORDS THAT WERE SAID IN GRIEF, I NEVER TOOK STOCK IN ANY OF THOSE WORDS!
FAST FORWARD NOW TO OCTOBER. I AM BEING CALLED DOWN TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FACING SUSPENSION PENDING AN INVESTIGATION FOR EXPLOITATION OF RESIDENTS AND/OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS!
WHAAAAAAAAT?????????
ULTIMATELY I WAS FIRED IN NOVEMBER.
I CRIED SO MUCH I COULDN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT. HOW CAN THEY FIRE ME WHEN I DID NOTHING WRONG?
WHEN I RECEIVED THE FINAL TERMINATION PAPERS IN THE MAIL, I FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNTIL I COULD FIND SOMETHING ELSE.
2 WEEKS LATER I GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT MY EMPLOYER WAS DISPUTING THE UNEMPLOYMENT CASE AND THERE WOULD HAVE TOO BE AN INVESTIGATION AS TOO WHETHER OR NOT I DESERVED THESE BENEFITS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH I HAD BEEN FIRED.OKAY, NO PROBLEM, I HAVE NOTHING MORE TOO LOSE.
ABOUT 4 WEEKS LATER, I GET A CALL FROM AN INVESTIGATOR FOR UNEMPLOYMENT WHO HAD BEEN FOLLOWING MY CLAIM AND IT TURNS OUT THAT BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN I WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR EXPLOITATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAD FOUND NO GROUNDS FOR MY TERMINATION, NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THE WOMAN I HAD CARED FOR WAS NO LONGER A PATIENT OF MINE BECAUSE SHE HAD EXPIRED 8 MONTHS BEFORE, AND NUMBER TWO, THE CLAIMS THAT HER HUSBAND HAD MADE, HE NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH ON ANYWAY.BUT WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY EMPLOYERS ATTENTION BY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATOR,MY EMPLOYER TOLD HIM THAT THAT WAS NOT WHAT THEY FIRED ME FOR ORIGINALLY....... IT WAS FOR RESIDENT ABUSE.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
SO THE UNEMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATOR ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD GET A LAWYER, BECAUSE HE FELT THAT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM I WAS BEING SCREWED!
SO I HAVE RETAINED A LAWYER, WHO NOT ONLY THINKS THAT I AM GOING TO WIN THE UNEMPLOYMENT CASE, BUT ALSO A SEPERATE CASE FILED FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION,LIABLE,SLANDER AND DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER!
HA HA YOU SAY,I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP,BECAUSE THIS IS LITTLE OLD ME GOING UP AGAINST A BIG COMPANY...BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THE JUDGE HAS RECEIVED MY REQUEST FOR A TRIAL AND I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE COURT DATE....I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED!