Hillbilly RN

I am really sorry for your loss. Lost my German Shorthaired Pointer 7 years ago and not a day goes bye that I do not think of him. I know someday we will be back together and that he is waiting for me. He had a very hard life here and had a disability, but he never complained. When I would come home at night, he was always at the top of the stairs waiting for me and no matter how bad my night was, when I saw him, it all went away. It is amazing how an animal can become such a part of us.

Back in 2012, the Mayans predicted the end of us all and we thought nothing happened. Well we were wrong, we were shifted into a new reality in a parallel universe and that has been where we have been existing and thus all the chaos that is now happening. Can think of no other explanation.

Boy if that ain't the truth !

As all my colleagues here have said you need to live one day at a time. No one knows what the future holds. If it is destined for me to wear a mask the rest of my life, so be it. If they are destined to come up with a vaccine that works, so be it. I have learned in my many years, you must be flexible and go with the flow because only a salmon can fight his way upstream against the forces of the river. I must be content to deal with the what is. Lot less stress that way and believe it or not, stress is a real killer.

I am more southern than most around me. I am from So. Cal which is more south than TN. This is a much more relaxed life style and one I am most appreciative of. I used to be an ocean boy. Now I am a mountain man. Never thought this would be my end of life pleasure, but it is!

I have 6 pairs of navy blue scrubs sitting in my closet from the "old days" before I retired. Somehow admins across the country must have read some study that to dress workers in different colors makes it easier to identify a persons job and fell for it whole hog. What a bunch of BS. I could care less what a person taking care of me was wearing as long as the care they gave was "good" care.

Not to condone what was being done, but everything the nurse does today was once the domain of the MD. B/P's, IV's, assessments were all strictly for doctors. The way nurses finally got these were because the doctors got tired of doing them. The way this pandemic is changing everything, nurses will be the initial contacts and will do all the assessments and telemed will be the way of the future.

I have been within 15 feet of a flock. I respect their power. I also have a friend I cal Yogi. I also get close to him but never too close. Usually I just sit and watch what Mother Nature provides.

I am in Mountain City

Because of so many Covidiots, I expect that I will live out my final years masked when I go out in public. I am not sure a vaccine will ever be developed. I need to protect myself no matter what others do. I may be ridiculed but so be it. I do not wish to die prematurely because others do not take the consequences of their action seriously.

I will be honest. I will not take the vaccine immediately. Having treated a couple of people after the Swine Flu Vaccine debacle, I think I will wait to see that the vaccine does not harm those who take it. That is a worry also. I will stay in place a bit longer to be on the safe side.

Could not agree more. I have been to Alaska. Absolutely loved it. Sun did not set until after midnight and was up again early. Summer is great and winters is a whole other story ? Retirement is a wonderful thing. Glad I survived to enjoy it.

I will be honest. It is the difference between night and day. It is a major adjustment. Culture shock at it's most interesting. My town has 3 grocery stores. When I moved here, no store had a ream of paper for my printer. Largest town in Boone, NC and is 25 miles away. Biggest town and where a couple of my doctors are is Johnson City and it is 50 miles away. I was a sea lover but now I am a mountain lover. Any change takes getting used to but I know as long as I have my wife, Ivy, I could live in a large box and be happy.

Thank You. I appreciate the information. You are most kind.

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