tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post2352628483922397836..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Life in HellElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50026582589792632332011-04-15T05:46:14.046-07:002011-04-15T05:46:14.046-07:00Okay, call the nursing service and tell them you w...Okay, call the nursing service and tell them you will only accept the "best" and I mean the "best" vein finder as your nurse today. As a pediatric nurse I know that there are people that are good at this, and there are those that are not - most phlebotomists are better at this then RN's , but they can't admiinister the drugs...but there are many amazing vein finders in the world, tell the "agency" to get them to your address today and tomorrow. The three stick rule is also a good one... all health providers know it, few follow it.<br />No need to find anything to be thankful for today - you officially have the day off because you are the mother of a disabled child. Good luck!colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329067973795030839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13355431347600673572011-01-20T07:12:00.342-08:002011-01-20T07:12:00.342-08:00This is getting ridiculous, when I went through my...This is getting ridiculous, when I went through my phlebotomy rotation during school to become a med tech, after 3 misses that was it. Under NO circumstances no matter how confident it would hit were any further attempts warranted.<br /><br />whoever made the rule or was trying to enforce this vow of silence that the little bunny cannot just say "sorry" and admit. I am sorry that you have to go through this, I am sorry that some people believe in outdated ways of treating people and I am sorry those in charge of the care are so careless.<br /><br />I realize this is an old post and cannot tell you how proud I am of you leaving an field of medicine (even while training for a leadership position) when it was clear that unethical practices were continued despite numerous ethical practices in many cases easier for EVERYONE involved.whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685473418191606910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73567345336809369542010-11-22T16:31:40.773-08:002010-11-22T16:31:40.773-08:00teary.
ugh.
thinking of you both.teary.<br />ugh.<br />thinking of you both.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16670078188639805822010-11-22T09:36:12.248-08:002010-11-22T09:36:12.248-08:00Thinking of you. I'm so sorry things are so re...Thinking of you. I'm so sorry things are so relentlessly hard. I send healing thoughts to you and Sophie. xoBLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901482901008135659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50693531556889713782010-11-21T09:18:18.201-08:002010-11-21T09:18:18.201-08:00Hi Elizabeth,
I just wanted to let you know that I...Hi Elizabeth,<br />I just wanted to let you know that I am praying for you and for Sophie often. Your love and strength AMAZE me. I am thankful for your ability to continue on in this HELL for your beautiful daughter. <br />xo<br />Natalie DavidUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264017949161267600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66173249781667794232010-11-20T17:54:58.866-08:002010-11-20T17:54:58.866-08:00I'm so glad you're Sophie's mom. So VE...I'm so glad you're Sophie's mom. So VERY glad. And fuck the nice lady nurse. I want to punch her neck.<br />love,<br />Rebecca The Meek and MildRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-74096350403595618382010-11-20T11:19:50.938-08:002010-11-20T11:19:50.938-08:00Reading this makes my heart ache for you and Sophi...Reading this makes my heart ache for you and Sophie and your whole family. I hope today and tomorrow go easier. Much love and good thoughts to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71435014059380685362010-11-20T07:19:06.698-08:002010-11-20T07:19:06.698-08:00Your violin is eloquent. Your pain is real. I hate...Your violin is eloquent. Your pain is real. I hate that Sophie has to endure it. That you all have to endure it. My heart breaks for it. I can't help, but I am here listening, and to some degree, understanding. At least I understand the hell of unending pain with no solution. I know it's worse for you, though, because you're watching your child go through it instead of yourself. I LOVE that you illustrated it with the Matt Groenig cartoon...Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18620391626229185522010-11-20T07:18:21.004-08:002010-11-20T07:18:21.004-08:00Of course you'll think of something to be than...Of course you'll think of something to be thankful for. And no I am not an optimist.Optimistic people make me nauseous...about as nauseous as pessimistic folk. Blatant reality here, honey. And so let me help you... You are thankful that even in the darkest days and hellish situations and the darkest friggin forests that there are people who look at you and know exactly where you are coming from and extend a hand to help you when you are too weary to stand up and to keep you ever lifted up in prayer which is seriously underrated in our culture. And not just because they live similar lives in watching their children suffer over and over and are empathetic to your plight but because you are an inspiration to them when THEY are in the forest and when THEY don't have the strength anymore to keep hiking that uphill path.SECRET PEPPER PERSON:https://www.blogger.com/profile/06434583043459305729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-85055386451452819822010-11-20T06:50:04.707-08:002010-11-20T06:50:04.707-08:00Did the nurse try hot packing Sophie's arms? ...Did the nurse try hot packing Sophie's arms? Hot, wet towels, wrapped around and covered with a blue pad or saran wrap, for about 3 or 4 minutes will help the veins dilate. Not so hot as to burn, but like a hot bath.<br /><br />Wish I was there to help out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-6858033248837225012010-11-20T05:32:10.038-08:002010-11-20T05:32:10.038-08:00I don't imagine Sophie sees hell in your eyes....I don't imagine Sophie sees hell in your eyes. <br />Not for a moment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39624018416503887312010-11-19T21:09:32.510-08:002010-11-19T21:09:32.510-08:00Reading backwards...catching up. And I despise tha...Reading backwards...catching up. And I despise that "no one can help" feeling. I'm always so surprised to feel all alone with the challenge de jour. I'm working on accepting that, but not making much progress.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399324383367077919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-67669215703901234792010-11-19T14:09:31.561-08:002010-11-19T14:09:31.561-08:00So very sorry. Sending you love and wishes for a b...So very sorry. Sending you love and wishes for a better tomorrow.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61580811357284428532010-11-19T11:26:41.876-08:002010-11-19T11:26:41.876-08:00I'm with Carrie. Some days good enough is more...I'm with Carrie. Some days good enough is more than enough.<br /><br />Love and light.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90204118468106785952010-11-19T11:08:12.740-08:002010-11-19T11:08:12.740-08:00Wasn't actually wondering that. Some days it&#...Wasn't actually wondering that. Some days it's enough just to show up.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51964251069498924442010-11-19T10:30:25.321-08:002010-11-19T10:30:25.321-08:00that no one can help feeling? is the worst thing i...that no one can help feeling? is the worst thing i can remember about my childhood. and the worst thing i've ever felt in relation to my children, especially a certain young man who has threatened to teeter off the edges of anywhere we can reach him.<br />i am not doing what you are doing or feeling what you are feeling but i do understand fear, suffering, grinding dark happenings that will not relent, and the desperate need to find light and strength and hope <br /><br />xoMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-26300526660026584002010-11-19T09:26:45.121-08:002010-11-19T09:26:45.121-08:00"the no one can help feeling"
That must ..."the no one can help feeling"<br />That must be, in some ways, the worst. <br />Oh Elizabeth. My heart tears when I think of what you go through, seeing your daughter hurt and hurting. <br />Hell IS here on this earth and anyone who doubts that just is not paying attention.<br />Of course, sometimes heaven is too, but that's hard to remember sometimes.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-75968348947141033102010-11-19T08:58:32.843-08:002010-11-19T08:58:32.843-08:00On the line of Bonne from From the Kitchen....I...On the line of Bonne from From the Kitchen....I'm thankful you are such a wonderful mom..watching over and intervening for your daughter. Sometimes you have to make those hard decisions even if you know it has to happen somehow and someway.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-41420303786340601252010-11-19T08:25:02.465-08:002010-11-19T08:25:02.465-08:00With Bonne, I'm thankful for your resilience a...With Bonne, I'm thankful for your resilience and humor, and especially for the love that is as much a part of you as your breath. Perhaps it's that love which makes this so frustrating and sad, and yet which makes it possible to keep going in the midst of hell.<br />About the futile search for a good vein: there is little I can think of that is more angering than watching someone FUMBLE AROUND with your child's medical needs. I could go off on a rant about this - trauma memories are triggering - but I won't.<br />I can see that you're thankful for artists and cartoonists today. I am, too, thanks to you showing me these two images.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20452419809359656192010-11-19T07:08:01.532-08:002010-11-19T07:08:01.532-08:00I'm thankful for your ability to keep going.
...I'm thankful for your ability to keep going.<br /><br />Best,<br />BonneFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.com