Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Crafty sign

For those who don't know, I work as a nurse on an oncology floor with bone marrow transplant unit. Most of the patients that I work with suffer from Leukemia and Lymphoma and so the patients tend to stay for a very long periods of time or come back often.

One of my patient was in the middle of her chemo treatment over several days. She occupied her time by doing different types of craft. My first day taking care of her, she showed me a sign with felt cut outs of her name. A volunteer in a hospital had made it for her many years ago and she thought it was a nice idea to make for other people.

Having no shame, I jokingly asked her if she was working on a sign for me. =X hehehe! Guess she felt obligated now that I had mentioned it (I'd like to believe it was because I was such an awesome nurse) but the next day, she presented me with my very own sign!!

Always appreciating crafts and other people's handiwork, I proudly carried it back.


Often, patients spend long hours in their bed without anything but a TV to occupy their time. Seeing this particular patient fill her time by making this little project for her loved ones seemed like a good way to pass the hours. I definitely appreciated the final result :) 

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

olive loves youuuu

After this post, I promise to lay off of the fujifilm related pictures! I am having too much fun with these.

I gotta sleep to work through the weekend but I'm excited because next week I get to go to Boston and see all the boston folks! w000t.. and really by that I mean eat Boston foooood :)

Colors of spring!

Now that the weather here is starting to show hints of warming up, the outside has gotten just a teeny bit brighter... or should I say colorful! I had originally wanted to show the new blooms of the spring season, but I missed my opportunity as the plants outside seem to grow so quickly!

Its amazing how a weather that doesn't require 5 layers of clothing plus hats and uggs can put you in a good mood. As I took Olive out for a walk, I snapped some of the colors I saw that showed spring is here :)

FYI: taking focused pictures with a dog tugging the leash you're holding is EXTREMELY challenging.... go figure!



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