Thursday, December 26, 2013
Christmas
The Christmas Season is already drawing to a close. I am sad to see it go so quickly. Between the late Thanksgiving and the hospital move, I feel like I hardly got to enjoy it! Ronnie had a great first Christmas living at home. He decked the house out in lights and helped me make the interior warm and festive as well. We were able to entertain a few times in the past few weeks which also brought cheer to our home.
We spent our Christmas up in Ft. Wayne with my Grandma and my mom's siblings this year. It is always so fun to get together with everyone and goof off a little bit. The DELICIOUS Christmas feast never hurts either. ;)
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Christmas decor
This year we have so enjoyed decorating the house. Since it's Ronnie's first official Christmas at home, even he has been in on the fun!
Friday, December 6, 2013
Historic Times
This week has been full of packing, moving, unpacking, and strange schedules as Wishard Hospital makes the historic move two blocks west to become Eskenazi Health. As we leave this grungy old building for a shiny new one, we have been reminded at every step of the rich history of Wishard Memorial Hospital. With over 150 years of service to the community, Wishard has played many roles including being a place of healing for soldiers during the Civil War and a place of learning as one of the nations first nursing schools. Today, Wishard-Eskenazi stands out as the regions top burn center and level one trauma center, and I couldn't be more proud.
While I'm sure I wont miss the basement cockroaches and speratic leaks and breaks, I will miss the secret passage ways and stories that go along with this old building. You see, Wishard has history for me too; history that began even before I started working here. Both my parents worked here in the Wishard basement after graduating from college; my mom as a cytology tech and my dad as a med tech. I've heard stories about their days down in the basement and I even work with some of their past coworkers now! But leaving Wishard is only the end of a chapter and I for one am beyond excited for our new home as Eskenazi Health.
The new Eskenazi boasts individual rooms for each patient, a new Clinical Decisions unit, a rooftop garden, the second largest parking garage in Indiana, snazzy art pieces, and all the latest innovations that earned it a green leaf certification. And best of all... the lab is NOT in the basement! We graduated all the way up to the second floor! After several tours and a bit of wandering, I have learned my way to most of the most necessary locations: lab, locker room, breakroom, cafeteria, and of course Starbucks. I'm so excited to be a part of something so amazing, and while it has been a bit stressful, I can honestly say I have enjoyed the ride.
All of our boxes arrived at the lab yesterday and a select few of us spent the evening unpacking and organizing each lab bench. Today, the instruments are being set up and validated. That leaves a scant few of us here at Wishard today to run the few samples that trickle in from the ER and units. Tomorrow is the big day. Over 200 patients will be moved, with the help of the Indiana National Gaurd and Navy Reserves as well as EMS, volunteers, and police, to the new hospital. We will be working from 2 locations starting tonight until everyone is out. Yes, this is a legistical nightmare that we are just begining to comprehend. It comes with a 12 hour shift starting at 3am tomorrowm, too.
Wish us luck and say a few prayers as we end this move and begin this exciting new chapter!
For more info about our move, check out:
While I'm sure I wont miss the basement cockroaches and speratic leaks and breaks, I will miss the secret passage ways and stories that go along with this old building. You see, Wishard has history for me too; history that began even before I started working here. Both my parents worked here in the Wishard basement after graduating from college; my mom as a cytology tech and my dad as a med tech. I've heard stories about their days down in the basement and I even work with some of their past coworkers now! But leaving Wishard is only the end of a chapter and I for one am beyond excited for our new home as Eskenazi Health.
The new Eskenazi boasts individual rooms for each patient, a new Clinical Decisions unit, a rooftop garden, the second largest parking garage in Indiana, snazzy art pieces, and all the latest innovations that earned it a green leaf certification. And best of all... the lab is NOT in the basement! We graduated all the way up to the second floor! After several tours and a bit of wandering, I have learned my way to most of the most necessary locations: lab, locker room, breakroom, cafeteria, and of course Starbucks. I'm so excited to be a part of something so amazing, and while it has been a bit stressful, I can honestly say I have enjoyed the ride.
All of our boxes arrived at the lab yesterday and a select few of us spent the evening unpacking and organizing each lab bench. Today, the instruments are being set up and validated. That leaves a scant few of us here at Wishard today to run the few samples that trickle in from the ER and units. Tomorrow is the big day. Over 200 patients will be moved, with the help of the Indiana National Gaurd and Navy Reserves as well as EMS, volunteers, and police, to the new hospital. We will be working from 2 locations starting tonight until everyone is out. Yes, this is a legistical nightmare that we are just begining to comprehend. It comes with a 12 hour shift starting at 3am tomorrowm, too.
Wish us luck and say a few prayers as we end this move and begin this exciting new chapter!
For more info about our move, check out:
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Meet Boomer
So I just realized, that I never officially introduced the world to our new (old) dog, Boomer! Yes... you heard right... we have ANOTHER dog. Boomer is Ronnie's childhood dog that we decided to take in. We brought him back with us after our trip to Oklahoma in November. He seems to be adjusting well to the house of energetic little dogs. He jumps right in and runs around with Mia and Sulley. He even tried to play tug of war with them the other day despite his complete toothlessness.
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