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The news is reporting that the Morrison's have lost another of their babies--a daughter named Lucia Rae. They still have one child, a boy named Silas, in the NICU. This has really turned into a terrible tragedy for them. I hope they have a good support network.

Well, you just never know. In a world where people can bring a lawsuit for $54 million because the dry cleaner didn't return their pants on the day they needed them, the founders of a charity probably have some sort of paperwork drawn up about what sorts of things the donations can be spent for. Unless of course, the donation is just put into a jar at a gas station counter, or a car wash or something. More than likely, if the parents spent money on anything not baby-related, no one would ever know it anyway. And I'm sure they have lots of funeral expenses now. People bring lawsuits over crazy things, and sure they often get dismissed, but it still stresses out the innocent party.

As far as the money donated to the Morrisons, I'm sure they'll find a legitimate use for it. Even if only one of the babies survives, I'm sure it will generate lots of bills (surgeries, nursing care, medicines, maybe special tutoring or different therapies) that will drain the account. Also, I think that people who donate to a fund (whether it was to the Morrisons or to the baby that Susan Torres had a couple of years ago) know that sometimes the baby/babies don't make it, and that money might get re-distributed to another cause. Probably a court will decide that the money should be re-distributed to a similar cause, like March of Dimes or something. It might be hard to track down each donor to give them a refund.

The latest article I read about the Morrison sextuplets said that the hospital won't be releasing anymore information about them. I wonder if this was at the parents request. The parents actually have a website (you can use google to look for it). I wonder if they will stop updating it, even if they are able to take one or two of the babies home eventually. I'm sure they are too heartbroken currently to update it. As of the last article, 3 of the 4 boys have passed away, so they have one son and 2 daughters still alive. It must be so hard to be 'on stage' like that. After making the website, and doing interviews and all, then to have such a bad outcome, like that. It must make it even more horrible. They had said they were optimistic, even with the premature birth. I don't know how I would feel anything but devastation, but maybe they feel they owe it to their children to try to save them through positive thinking?

I read on their website this evening that their baby passed away. I'm sure they are devastated. It is so sad--yet it sounded like their child couldn't recover--she was just barely surviving, so they kept hoping...

No she didn't.... Look for a 20,000 unit syringe.

Counting the week that starts Monday, and excluding Spring Break, how many weeks do you have left for your semester? How many weeks long is your semester. Ours are 16 weeks, and that feels like a very long time. I have 9 weeks. May 10th can't come soon enough! Also, do you take Nursing classes in summer? Are you required to take them, or can you defer them until Fall or Spring? They don't offer any at my school. Not sure if I could force myself to take one even if they did!

hi fun2care, if i'm remembering right, the "co-requisite" gpa was lower for the northlake campus than the el centro campus. it think it was 3.54. this was for the class to start august 2004. also, there are several (about 5) of my classmates who initially got a rejection letter from the program, and made plans to take co-reqs (like micro or speech, etc.) then were called less than 3 days before the start of classes, told that there were now seats available. these students really had to scramble to adjust work hours, money to pay for books, child care, etc. but they are still there and seem very happy they got in. the thing these last-minute-acceptance students had in common was a low number of co-req hours completed (10 or fewer), and that they had a 3.77 gpa for the pre-reqs. hope this helps somewhat. take care!

northlake is in irving tx. to describe where it is...hmmm...you will drive by it if you are on walnut hill, not long after you pass the intersection with story road. it can also be reached from other streets also, like macarthur. physical address is 5001 n. macarthur blvd., irving, texas 75038, usa, phone: 972-273-3000 . you can type that into mapquest to get driving directions if you need to. i like northlake so far. this is my second semester in the nursing program. they have first, second & third semester students so far. next semester they will have also have 4th semester students. just know that there are many mandatory events in the nursing program that will have you driving all over the dallas area (clinicals, seminars, mandatory community service that must be health related, etc.). that's one of the big challenge of the 1st semester...realizing & getting where you need to be.

I actually find that pretty funny. Maybe I've been studying too long. :uhoh21: Chad, you just can't appreciate it because you're a boy. :rotfl:

Keep in mind that the guy you are talking about probably has fewer friends than an alarm clock. His behavior isn't invisible--even though its currently directed at you, other people hear & notice comments he makes, and it DOESN'T make him look any smarter. In fact, it will probably make others in the class avoid him or not want to offer him help when he needs it. Not a nice position to be in, is it?

When does flu season end? I remember being diagnosed with it spring break (mid-March) of 1995. So by April, is everyone pretty much safe?

Me neither. Medicine packages don't come in braille. How can she do assessments? Safely transfer patients? Give shots? What exactly would she be doing? Phone triage, maybe?

:rotfl: Too funny!

The first one was my favorite. :rotfl: Thanks for posting! :)

At the company I work at, we used to have tons of Plastic Surgery Journals laying around. Some of them showed people with Treacher Collin's, their before and after pictures. They may just be showing their best results, but some of those pictures were amazing. They were able to really transform their faces by bringing out the chin, and maybe touching up other aspects of their face, like their nose or cheek bones. I really hope they can help this little girl. But I just wonder how doctor's can operate that many times without creating too much scar tissue. Do they ever reach a point where the patient just has to "live with" the results of their latest surgery until their face is through changing due to growth spurts (like when the patient still has to go through puberty?)

At the company I work at, we used to have tons of Plastic Surgery Journals laying around. Some of them showed people with Treacher Collin's, their before and after pictures. They may just be showing their best results, but some of those pictures were amazing. They were able to really transform their faces by bringing out the chin, and maybe touching up other aspects of their face, like their nose or cheek bones. I really hope they can help this little girl. But I just wonder how doctor's can operate that many times without creating too much scar tissue. Do they ever reach a point where the patient just has to "live with" the results of their latest surgery until their face is through changing due to growth spurts (like when the patient still has to go through puberty?)

:rotfl: Too funny! Thanks for posting. (Bet he packed his bags and headed back for the city in a hurry! )

:rotfl: Too funny! Thanks for posting. (Bet he packed his bags and headed back for the city in a hurry! )

That's terrible, but funny...:rotfl:

Even if she found a 1/2 vicodan pill, how would she prove that it was hers, and not one put there a month ago?

Susanna, Stay strong. Things will get better. My computer locked up, so I'll briefly re-type what I wrote last time: 1) When interviewing for another job, try not to mention this episode at all. Not that you did anything wrong (you didn't!) 2) When asked why you are applying for this new job, come up with something compelling: "I'm interested in manufacturing/your product/a position that could eventually lead to a supervisor or management position." (Get the idea?) Trust me, I've been where you are. I've seen 2 bullie-types get fired. One girl who used to try to bully me, who the boss thought walked on water--well, all she does now in an 8 hour day is maybe 2 hours worth of work, walk around the building, talk on the phone while we have meetings with our lead about our workflow, etc. (Doesn't sound like she's on her way up at our company, does it?) Bullies eventually overstep their bounds and pay the price for it. Maybe not soon enough, though. Strangely enough, she doesn't bother me much anymore, since I told her about a dating service after her divorce, and she met a guy on it. It didn't work out, but by then she had come to see me as a friend, and couldn't comfortably go back to her bullying habit. I don't recommend the "friend" approach, because it's a little stomach turning to feel that such a b*tch on wheels regards you as a friend, but another tactic that I like is to just say "Look. We all have our own ways of handling things. I'll handle this my way. If you want to discuss this in HR, we can do that too." (This works if you have an HR department, and can bypass your boss.) Take care of yourself, no matter what you decide. Don't let this situation give you an ulcer.

Just my opinion, but I think there's a pretty strong correlation between facial expression and evidence of pain. For example, everyone's probably seen that card that you can show to a person who can not speak, or speaks a different language and there's no interpretor handy (the one with the faces with different expressions on it). It lets the client pick the face that corresponds to how he/she is feeling. I have a nursing care plan book that lists "Facial mask of pain" and "distraction" under the category of "possibly evidenced by" for it's Nursing diagnoses of "Acute Pain." The person may of course deny that their facial expression is related to pain, (maybe they were just remembering something unpleasant) or that their demeanor is "distracted", and you could let it go at that. Of course, it's true that you can not see pain, just reactions that could be indicative of pain. So you would at least try to follow up those clues with questioning the patient about possible pain. The original poster probably knows her instructor's likes & dislikes regarding how a careplan should read. So she can take what's useful to her and leave the rest. Just my 2 cents.

pain can be evidenced by grimacing, whincing, or guarding too

Wow. You have an opportunity that lots of people would love to have. Nursing school is very hard to get into. If money isn't a huge issue, you can always try the first semester to see how it goes. You can read some posts regarding testing & check-offs to see what kind of things first semester students go through. I'm finishing up my first semester and find it VERY stressful. Just think--you could still be "Class of 2006" (the December group instead of the May group). Unless you were talking about a BSN program. Its certainly a big decision. I remember getting a last minute scholarship to a private college that I had already written off due to it being expensive and other reasons. Then it shook me up to get this fedex letter about the scholarship. I ended up not going to that school because I'm very indecisive and couldnt put myself through the weighing of pros and cons all over again. I still wonder if I should have gone to that school, and it's been 11 1/2 years! Good luck with whatever you decide. Take Care!