Continuing on in this lovely New Year!

Hello everyone!  About is my basket quilt, of the old days.  Well maybe still from in this century, but still old.

It is made of strings!  I love them.  I am working on the quilting and finishing of this one.

This log cabin is all done and ready to be gifted to the next patient.

I finished this rainbow quilt from last year.  Hurrah!!  I loved every part of this one! This one is also a patient quilt.

This oldie is heading toward being finished, too.  Just needs the binding. February and Valentine's day is just around the corner!

I am working on this applique each Sunday.  I am loving it!!

My big focus is the Quiltville mystery quilt, and strangely, I do not have photos of it.  I will have to remedy that. 

How is your new year coming along??

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I met the most darling man in the hospital.  He came in with cancer, and he is also homeless.  He was the nicest gentleman I have ever met, no kidding.  Yes ma'am, no ma'am, please and thank you.  Just a darling.  With a hemoglobin of 2.7.  Yes, this is a record low patient hemoglobin for me!! (Hemoglobin is the blood component that carries oxygen to the cells).   We transfused him with blood, and right quick, too.  Untreated cancer...poor baby.  He was a slight man, and had just spent the night outside.  It was 28 degrees that night.  His temperature when I received him from ER was 93.3.  All his worldly possessions were in one suitcase, battered and worn.  I aim to fill that suitcase with new clothing, as his is horribly dirty and decrepit.  He said he would love that, so here I go!

That same day, I had an organ donation patient.  He had a brain bleed and was declared brain dead.  I took meticulous care of him, and went with him to the OR, where a liver, two kidney and lungs were sent winging to patients who desperately needed them to live.   Folks in Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth will now lead semi normal lives due to this man and his sweet family.  I was glad to take care of him, and his family and friends, all gathered around his bed.

Flu A is huge in our hospital.  Lots of sick folks...

Nursing is a big part of who I am, day to day.  Thank you for letting me share a little about what I do in ICU..

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