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/