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Barbie and Ken: Chapter 2: We Love Lucy!
posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
Today, I brought my "Dancing with the Stars Cardio-Workout" DVD to my new patient, Barbie's house. They exercise the heck out of you while teaching you the Cha-Cha, the Paso Doble, the Jive and the Samba. We did the warm-up, the Cha-Cha and the Ji...
Barbie and Ken: Chapter 1
posted over 2 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 0 comments
I am loving my new patient, Barbie. She's like a little girl and pretty much communicates like a little girl. She loses her train of thought as fast as she gets the first word out and then she just goes, "and..and..and..and..," and can't remember....
Barbie and Ken: The Real Years
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
Tomorrow, Monday, Aug 17th, I start my new case. I don't know much yet, but I have a feeling this is going to be a life-changing case for me.
Barbie is not my patient's real name to protect her privacy.
I got to meet Barbie and her husband and tw...
Barbie is not my patient's real name to protect her privacy.
I got to meet Barbie and her husband and tw...
Who Is Flying This Plane?
posted over 2 years ago, updated 5 days later | 4 comments
You all know the struggles I've had in quitting smoking. I hate to even blog about it for the umpteenth time, but for me, writing is how I deal with stress.
So, here we go again. I've quit again and I'm praying that God will give me the strength I...
So, here we go again. I've quit again and I'm praying that God will give me the strength I...
Jack and his Beanstalk
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 10 hours later | 3 comments
Most of my home health patients have been women. I had one man previously, which I wrote about earlier in "The Professor and Maude."
Last week, I had my second experience in helping out an elderly man. I'll call him Jack. Jack is a very sweet old ...
Last week, I had my second experience in helping out an elderly man. I'll call him Jack. Jack is a very sweet old ...
Tick...Tick...Tick
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
As a home health caregiver, I get sent on different cases quite frequently and I'm gathering little snippets of my life at each of my patients' homes. As I mentioned before, I always change the names to protect my patients, but their stories are j...
Written and Copyrighted
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
All of the prose and articles that are posted are written and copyrighted © 2000-2009 by Deborah J. Franko. All rights reserved.
The Professor and Maude
posted over 2 years ago, updated 24 minutes later | 2 comments
After having literally, the most memorable 4th of July of my life (see previous blog entry), filled with drama and trauma and beauty and renewal of spirit, my reward came today. My new patient, ( I'll just call him The Professor)...I have no idea ...
Life or Death Holiday Weekend
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
Like a roll of the dice, today could have gone either way with the results being so much more tragic than just having a very traumatic day with my patient.
From the time I walked into her house this afternoon, I had no idea the tremendous stress w...
From the time I walked into her house this afternoon, I had no idea the tremendous stress w...
Adios to Nicotine (Again)
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 2 comments
Hi friends,
As you know, if you've been a subscriber of my blogs, I went through quitting smoking last year and had a successful 8-1/2 months free from smoking and then I started again. All the reasons that everybody picks that nasty stick up aga...
As you know, if you've been a subscriber of my blogs, I went through quitting smoking last year and had a successful 8-1/2 months free from smoking and then I started again. All the reasons that everybody picks that nasty stick up aga...
